Dai costumes and customs What are Dai costumes and customs?

In traditional Dai costumes, men mostly wear double-breasted or large-breasted collarless tops and fat pants, and a few people wear dark tubular skirts with white, blue, light blue and light yellow cloth heads. Due to different regions, there are obvious differences in women's clothing.

Women in Xishuangbanna wear white, crimson or light green tight-fitting narrow-sleeved tops, all kinds of foot-long skirts and silver belts. Women's hair accessories are very particular, with high bun and flowers on it. There are also large cloth towels wrapped around their heads.

Dehong and Gengma's women, wearing waist-high coats and colorful skirts, have their hair tied behind their heads and the rest dragged behind their backs. The material used to be homespun, but now it is mostly silk and plain cloth, which shows the graceful figure of Dai women.

2. Dai customs and habits

Since ancient times, the Dai people have been a nation that pays attention to etiquette. When foreigners arrive at the Dai family, the host will take the initiative to greet them, serve tea and water, and entertain them for dinner. No matter men, women and children, they always smile at their guests, speak softly and never shout, swear or swear.

When women walk in front of guests, they should fold their skirts and bow their waists. The guest is downstairs, not from the upstairs where the guest is. Every family has several sets of clean bedding for guests.

In some Dai villages, there is also a "Sarah room" that specially receives guests along the road. When you visit the Dai family, you will be treated as "splashing water" and "tying the thread" by your host. When the guests arrived, there was a small booth of Dai people at the door. Water soaked in petals was filled in a silver bowl, and it was gently splashed on the guests with branches and leaves.

After taking a seat on the bamboo building, Lao Mitao will tie a thread on the guest's wrist and wish him good luck, peace and happiness. The distant guests who have been to the Dai village were moved by the warm and friendly reception of the Dai people and left an unforgettable impression.