Traditional festivals and customs of Yi people

Traditional festivals and customs of Yi people

There are many traditional festivals of the Yi people, and the customs of each festival are different. So what are the traditional festivals and customs of the Yi people?

1, Festive custom of Flower Face Festival

(1) Kill pigs and chickens, prepare dining tables and offer sacrifices to the gods;

(2) Wipe each other's faces with ink and pot ash;

(3) During the festival, no labor, no spring, no grinding.

2. Festival customs of Torch Festival

(1) dressed in festive costumes;

(2) Bullfighting, horse racing, singing and dancing;

(3) patrol houses and fields with torches to kill insects;

(4) Around the bonfire, singing and dancing, staying up all night.

3. Festival customs of Grass Horse Festival

(1) Every family makes grass horses, inserts all kinds of wild flowers and dresses up as colorful horses;

(2) Sacrifice the ancestors before killing the chicken at night, and put the chicken and good dishes into the horse's mouth;

(3) The next day, after dinner, a bullfight was held to evaluate the strong cattle;

(4) At night, singing, flute playing and string dancing will last until late at night or early the next morning.

4. February8th Festival Customs

(1) hold activities such as "doorways" and "offering sacrifices to the dense drought";

(2) Can only speak Yi language, but can't speak Chinese;

(3) Singing activities.