Festivals of the Dong

The festivals of the Dong ethnic group include the Dong Lusheng Festival, the Dong Torch Festival, the Dong New Rice Festival and so on.

1, Dong Lusheng Festival

Lusheng is the traditional musical instrument of the Dong people, Lusheng Festival is one of the most important festivals of the Dong people. Every year on the third to fifth day of the third month of the lunar calendar, the Dong people will hold a grand celebration of the Lusheng Festival. At that time, people dressed in traditional Dong costumes, singing and dancing, playing Lusheng, participate in various folk performances and athletic activities, such as Lusheng competition, dragon and lion dances.

2. Dong Torch Festival

The Torch Festival is a traditional festival of the Dong people, usually held in October or November of the lunar calendar. This festival is to pray for a good harvest and to drive away evil spirits. People will light torches and dance around villages or fields, and there are also various folk performances and traditional athletic activities, such as torch dances and stilt walking.

3. New Rice Festival of the Dong Ethnic Group

The New Rice Festival is a festival of the Dong ethnic group to celebrate the harvest, which is usually held in September or October of the lunar calendar. On this day, people hold rituals to thank the gods for the harvest, then taste new rice and various cuisines, hold songs and dances, and **** together to celebrate the joy of the harvest.

The Dong people's living customs are introduced:

1, diet

Most areas have three meals a day, and there are some places that have the habit of having four meals a day, i.e., two teas and two meals. Two tea refers to the Dong folk unique oil tea. Oil tea is made of tea leaves, flowers, fried peanuts, glutinous rice, meat or pork jowl, salt, scallions and other raw materials, made of soup-like thin food, both to quench their thirst, but also hunger, it is often referred to as "eating oil tea".

2, clothing

Men wear short clothes with lapel, some right over the collarless, wrapped in a large turban. Women wear large lapel, collarless, unbuttoned clothes, and skirts or pants. Usually girded with a belt and wrapped with a head scarf. Black, green, deep purple, white and other colors. Black and blue are mostly used in spring, autumn and winter, white is mostly used in summer, and purple is mostly used in festivals. Women's dresses do not distinguish between seasons, mostly black.