What are the festivals and customs of Jinuo people in China?

The Iron-Strike Festival, called "Temaoche" in Jinuo language, is the most solemn festival of Jinuo people, usually held in December of the lunar calendar every year and lasts for three days.

On the first morning of the festival, there will be a cattle race ceremony. In the afternoon, the elders in the stockade ring the cowhide drums, and people can't help but dance rough around the drums with the drums. This is the "sun drum" dance of Jinuo people to celebrate the harvest.

Jinuo people treat people sincerely, and the folk have always maintained the custom of "eating cooked food raw" and the habit of substituting wine for punishment. Anyone who catches prey can share it when he is alive and eat it when he is mature.

In the village, anyone who violates the village rules or does something wrong will generally be fined 10 bowl of wine. The most serious thing is to punish two pigs, 100 kilograms of rice, dozens of kilograms of wine, and invite the whole village to eat a meal. In the past, Jinuo people had the custom of adult ceremony. When the children hold a rite of passage, they will fatten the cows, wrap them in banana leaves and distribute them to all the residents in the stockade to celebrate.

Extended data

Jinuo people are mainly distributed in Jinuo Township, Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, with a few scattered in Wang Meng, Mengyang, Olive Dam, Dadugang, Xiangming and Menglun in Jinghong County. Jinuo is an ancient nation.

Jinuo people mainly use slash-and-burn agriculture, and their farm tools are basically made of iron, including machetes, sickles and small hoes. The main crops are upland rice and corn. Cotton has a long history and is rich in subtropical fruits such as bananas and papaya.

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