Holidays in Wa

Holidays in Wa: Wooden Drum Festival, New Rice Festival, Torch Festival, Spring Festival, Alternate Years Festival and Christmas and several other major festivals.

Mu Drum Festival

Mu Drum Festival, one of the grand traditional festivals of Wa. In China, it is mainly popular among the "A Wa" branch of the Wa ethnic group, i.e., most of the Wa areas in the Wa Autonomous County of Ximeng, China, as well as some of the Wa areas in Cangyuan and Lancang. It is also widely practiced by the Wa in Myanmar and other places. The Wa call the Wooden Drum Festival "Kro" or "Krukro". It is usually celebrated from November of the lunar calendar (January of the Wa calendar) to April of the following year. The festival originates from the Wa's worship of wooden drums, rituals and the cultural activities that accompany these activities.

The New Rice Festival

The New Rice Festival, known in Wa as "Digenao" or "Sibogenao", "Bogenao", " It is one of the grandest traditional festivals of the Wa ethnic group, and the time of the festival is basically the same as that of the ethnic minorities in China, such as the Brown, De'ang, Jingpo, Lahu and Lisu minorities, and it is also basically the same as that of the festival of the soul of the grain, which is a product of the farming activities of the forefathers, and there are ways of greeting the soul of the grain, celebrating the harvest, and celebrating the good fortune.

The "Soul of the Valley" festival is a celebration of the harvest.

The Wa State is a region inhabited by a variety of ethnic groups, including the Wa, Dai, Lahu, Han, Akha, Ak, Kachin, Lisu, Miao, Linejing, En, Laoga, Brown, Bu'o, Benglong, Yi, Hui, and Beni (Toman) ethnic groups. Of these, the Wa account for about 70 percent, followed by the Lahu and Shan.?

The Wa State in Myanmar occupies most of the A Wa Mountains, and the Wa, the main ethnic group living in the Wa State, is found in both China and Myanmar, known as the Wa in China and the Lahu or Wa in Myanmar, because of their geographical and physical unity.