Ethnic Minority Festivals and Customs

Festivals and Customs of Ethnic Minorities:

Mongolians

The traditional festivals of the Mongols include the New Year of the Old Calendar, the Zulu Festival, the Maier Festival, the Ovoo Festival, the Mane Fighting Festival, the Naadam Festival, and the Horse Milk Festival. Every year in July and August, the Naadam Conference is held, which is also a traditional festival with a long history of the Mongolian people, and it is a cultural, sports and entertainment conference held by the people to celebrate the good harvest.

The Mulao People

The Mulao people have a lot of festivals, and there are festivals in almost every month of the year except October and November. Once every three years, the Iyi Festival, also known as the Joyful Thickness Festival, is the grandest of all Mulao festivals. The purpose of the festival is to pray for the safety of animals and people and for a good harvest.

Three, Hui

The Hui folk festival is Eid al-Fitr. All Hui men 12 years old, women 9 years old and above in good health should be fasting. After liberation, Eid al-Fitr was designated as an official holiday for the Hui.

Four, Tibetan

Tibetan folk festivals are Tibetan New Year, Ghee Lantern Festival, Bathing Buddha Festival, etc., the largest traditional festival of Tibetan folk for the first day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar every year. On New Year's Eve, people put on colorful costumes, wear strange masks, play music with oboe, conch and drums, and give a grand and grand ball.

Fifth, the Lisu

The Lisu people first lived in Sichuan, Yunnan junction of the Jinsha River Basin area, and gradually moved to the Nujiang River area in western Yunnan settled down, the main festivals are the Broad Festival, Torch Festival, Harvest Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Bath Pond will be, Knife Pole Festival and so on. Every year, the knife pole festival held on the eighth day of the second month of the lunar calendar buttoned up.