What are the customs of the Dai people?

I. Festivals

The festivals of the Dai people are mostly related to religious activities. The main festivals are the Door Festival, the Open Door Festival, the Water Festival, and the Flower Street Festival.

1, the Door Festival, Open Door Festival

Door Festival, the Dai language, "Hauwasa", the time fixed in the Dai calendar on September 15 (mid-July). The Open Door Festival, called "Ongwasa" in Dai language, is held on December 15 of the Dai calendar (mid-October of the Gregorian calendar).

2, Water Festival

Dai year - Water Festival is a traditional festival of the Dai people. In Dai language, it is called "Sangkan Bimai" or "Lenghe Sangkan", which means June New Year. It is held in late June or early July of the Dai calendar (mid-April of the Gregorian calendar).

3. Flower Street Festival

The grandest festival of the Huasai Dai is the Flower Street Festival on the thirteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. On this day, thousands of young men and women from the surrounding villages converge on the Flower Street.

Two, marriage

The distinctive feature of the Dai family and marriage in history is the endogamous marriage. Strict endogamy was practiced among the Tois, and polygamy was prevalent. The Tois also abused the wives and daughters of peasants at will by virtue of their power. The majority of peasants practiced patriarchal monogamous small families, with parents and unmarried children as family members. The social development of the country varied from place to place, and so did the pattern of family marriages.

Three, burials

The Dai people are commonly buried in the earth, but there is a clear class distinction, and the burial places of the nobles and the poor are strictly separated. After the death of monks and Buddhist monks, they are first cremated and then buried in the back of the temple with the ashes in tiles.

Expanded Information

History of the Dai:

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Dai people, along with the whole nation, put themselves into the armed struggle against Japanese fascism, and contributed to the defense of sacred territories on the border of the motherland.

After the Japanese occupation of western Yunnan, the anti-Japanese guerrillas of various ethnic groups fought tenaciously against the enemy, including the Dai and Han Youth Salvation Corps headed by Yang Bingnan, the self-defense army of the western Yunnan border area led by Dai Tusi Knife Jingpan, and the Gengcang detachment formed by Gengma Tusi Han Yuqing.

In the anti-Japanese war, the Yunnan-Burma highway is the most important channel for China to receive foreign aid materials, known as the "artery of China's anti-Japanese war", the Dai people participated in the repair of the Yunnan-Burma highway many times to ensure the smoothness of the road. 1944, the anti-war in western Yunnan turned to a major counter-offensive, and finally on January 20, 1945, the Japanese invaders were expelled from the door of the country, Vanuatu. The Japanese invaders were expelled from the national gate of Wanming, and finally captured the victory of the resistance war in western Yunnan.

The Battle of Western Yunnan has been hailed as "a model of total annihilation of the defending enemy and a precedent for the recovery of the national territory", laying an important foundation for the victory of the national war of resistance. The Dai ethnic area has practiced regional ethnic autonomy, and to date **** has established two autonomous states and seven autonomous counties.

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