What festivals do De 'ang people have?

The festivals of De 'ang mainly include water-splashing festival, closing festival, opening festival, making decorations and burning white firewood.

1. The Water Splashing Festival (called "watering flowers" locally) is an annual traditional festival of De 'ang people, which falls on the seventh day after Tomb-Sweeping Day every year. The festival 1 has three days. On the day of the ceremony, people of De 'ang ethnic group put on their holiday costumes, carried clear water from the well, brought all kinds of food prepared in advance and held bunches of flowers in their hands, and gathered in the Buddhist temple (square wood) in the village to celebrate the festival.

2. On the closing day, the De 'ang language is called "Entering the Depression". The Dai calendar begins on September 15 (mid-June of the lunar calendar) every year and lasts for 3 months. Harvest Festival is the busiest time for agricultural production. It requires young men and women to restrain themselves and concentrate on agricultural production and labor.

3. The opening day, called "Chuva" in De 'ang language, is held every year on the 5th day of the Dai calendar1February/kloc-0 (September of the lunar calendar), which is the last day of the closed day and lasts for 3 days. The opening day opened the door to love and marriage.

4、? Putting on a show, that is, paying a big tribute, is also called "rushing to the scene", which is usually held on a certain day in February and March of the lunar calendar. The pendulum is placed in the village as a unit. Before the exhibition, the village should prepare food, funds, cattle, meat and other materials in advance to provide accommodation for participants in other stockades near and far.

5. Burning white firewood, called "Kongtong" in De 'ang language, is held on the evening of December 14th of the lunar calendar every year. The so-called white wood is a tree with no skin and white surface. Before the festival, De 'ang village sent people up the mountain to cut white firewood and put it near the village according to the shape of the well.

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De 'ang custom:

1. The marriage of De 'ang people is monogamous, with the same surname but not married, and rarely intermarries with foreigners. Young men and women can fall in love freely, and women also have some autonomy in choosing partners. There is no strict hierarchical marriage in this country. Rich and poor families can get married as long as the other party wants.

2. When getting married, the man should give the bride price to the woman, which is called "milk money" by De 'ang people. It's customary not to. The number depends on the economic situation of the man's family. When you get married, you should also give your daughter-in-law a hundred pounds of meat, a certain amount of tea, sand, reeds, tobacco, salt and eggs. If the girl is from a foreign village, she should also send some millet to the village.

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Chinese government network-De 'ang nationality (Benglong nationality)