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The Traditional Festival of Dulong-Dulong Year

Dulong people call it "Kakwa". This is the only festival of Dulong in a year. They regard1February 29th as New Year's Eve and 30th as the first day of the New Year.

According to legend, a long time ago, two brothers lived by the Dulong River. They lost their parents when they were young, and they took the mountains and forests as their home, shooting with crossbows, and they came through thick and thin. One day, two brothers with long knives on their backs and hard crossbows in their hands went hunting in Bila Barrel on the snowy mountain of Dandrika. It's a cloudy day, and animals can't leave their nests. I didn't see a thin rock sheep until afternoon. Brothers, split up. My brother lost his way and drove into a high mountain and deep valley, where peaks competed and dangerous rocks stood.

When night enveloped the mountains, my brother waited at the appointed place. However, after waiting for a while, the moon hung on the top of Gaoligong Mountain, and there was no sign of my brother. With an anxious heart, my brother went into the deep mountain valley to find his only relative. I don't know how many mountains I have climbed and how many rapids I have crossed. I searched for nine years, eleven months and twenty-nine days. 1On February 30th, my brother came back suddenly. When the two brothers met, they were both sad and happy. My brother said sadly to his younger brother, "My good brother, it is not my brother who has the heart to leave you. Ever since our brothers separated, I have been trapped in the Longtan by a demon. The devil is eager to see you looking for your brother. Starting today, let me come back to see you every year1February 30. " My brother went on to say, "The day we met is the end of a year and the beginning of a year. Let's call it Chinese New Year. " In order to celebrate the reunion after losing his younger brother, my younger brother specially prepared various dishes made of rare birds and animals and rice made of various grains for his younger brother. After dinner, my brother was very excited to see him. He knocked the gong, lit the torch, invited all the old brothers in the cottage, and told everyone the good news, so that his brother and the villagers could sing and dance together. Since then, the day when brothers meet has become the year of Dulong.

In festivals, every clan and tribe must collectively hunt wild animals; Slaughter pigs and sheep, and distribute the prey to families. Tribal housewives distribute new year's goods to every family. They call it "sharing food". In the past, when eating on New Year's Eve, we had to wait for every member of the tribe to arrive. If one person is missing, we won't open the pot. On the first morning of that year, just before dawn, gong sounded in the hut. Welcome the new year. After breakfast, with the gong ringing, people came to the open space of the hut to celebrate the New Year with quaint customs. People, regardless of age, gender and family, are holding hands and dancing the traditional dance of their own nation. The elders shared them with you in a traditional way with elaborate rattan and delicious dishes. At that time, singing, cheering and dancing were intertwined.