Dai people's customs and habits

1, closing date

Dai language is called "entering the depression", which means that Buddha enters the temple. Yunnan Dai traditional religious festival, lasting for three months, began in the fifteenth day of the ninth year of the Dai calendar (mid-July of the lunar calendar). According to legend, every year on the ninth day of September in the Dai calendar, the Buddha went to the Western Heaven to give a lecture with his mother, and returned to the world in March.

2. Duige Festival

On the Duanyang Festival in May every year, young Dai men and women on both sides of the Red River gather in Nabing Dalongtan in Wuwan Village, Majie Township to participate in the Duge Festival. On the day of duet, young men and women from all villages dressed up and held duet competitions between men and women and between villages from sunrise to sunset.

3. Water-splashing Festival

Songkran Festival is the New Year's Festival of the Dai people, and it is also the most important festival of the Dai people. It is held in April of the lunar calendar (equivalent to May of the Dai calendar) every year and usually lasts for three to four days. The first day is "Mairi", which is similar to Chinese New Year's Eve. Dai language calls it "ten thousand business letters", which means to send the old. At this time, people have to tidy up their houses, clean up, and prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner and various activities during the festival.

Extended data:

Wear taboo:

1, men can't touch hoes, farm tools and looms dedicated to women. Men are forbidden to cross the pig trough, otherwise they will lose their charm; Women are forbidden to touch men's weapons and hunting gear, and cannot enter men's clubs.

2. It is forbidden for women to climb the beam to take and put things; It is forbidden to hold a broom over a man's head; Don't walk past the pillow where men sleep. Dai people have the custom that women don't go to dinner.

There are also some taboos in hospitality. You don't have to entertain your friends with white chicken, cress, slippery moss and snails at the same time, otherwise there will be invisible obstacles to prevent two people from interacting. Even if they are in the same country or city, it is difficult for them to meet. This dietary taboo also exists for family members who work in other places.

Reference: Chinese government network-Dai people