Why is there only one festival in Dulong? What's the story?

The only traditional festival of Dulong is Lunar New Year, which is called "Kakwa" in Dulong language. It is usually held in the twelfth lunar month, that is, from February to the following year1October 65438. There is no fixed date, and the specific date is chosen by each village.

The length of the festival depends on the food intake, or two or three days, or four or five days. During the festival, people worship God, throw bowls for divination, eat New Year's Eve dinner, dance and sing all night, and the most lively and grand thing is to sacrifice cows to heaven.

Gukakwa Festival is the most representative festival of Dulong people, which is closely related to its clan system. Kakwa Festival is of great value to explore the development track of Dulong culture, especially to grasp the origin and changing history of Dulong calendar.

Secondly, during Kakwa Festival, the information dissemination mode of woodcut was preserved, which is a precious sample to study the social organization mechanism without writing groups. In addition, Kakwa Festival is also an important carrier for the Dulong people to systematically integrate and inherit traditional culture, which shows the Dulong people's awe of nature and their desire for a smooth life.

In 199 1 year, the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Gongshan Dulong and Nu Autonomous County designated 65438+ 10/0 as the Dulong Kakwa Festival every year according to the wishes of the Dulong people.

The Kakwa Festival in each village is continuous, and the village living in the upper reaches of Dulong River is the first to kick off. From upstream to downstream, each village enters the festival in turn. The Kakwa Festival in Dulongshan Village in Dulongjiang Valley lasts for one month.

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