What are the customs and festivals of the Dai people?

The Dai language "Haowasa" is fixed on September 15 of the Dai calendar (mid-July of the Gregorian calendar) for three months.

The closing day has a long history. According to legend, the Buddha gave a speech to his mother on this day. Later, everyone chose this day as the closing day and handed it down.

People over the age of 40 can enter the temple to chant Buddhist scripture and participate in meditation. On holidays, villagers must talk quietly, don't walk far, don't beat and scold each other, don't hold weddings, and don't build new houses.

Second, the opening day

Kaimen Festival, called "Onvasa" in Dai language, is fixed on the day of 65438+February 65438+May (Gregorian calendar 65438+1mid-October). Corresponding to the Closed Moon Festival (Summer Festival), it originated from the habit of living in rainy season in ancient Indian Buddhism.

The opening day symbolizes the end of the rainy season in the past three months, and it also means that the marriage taboo between men and women has been lifted since the closing day. From now on, young men and women can start free love and hold weddings. On this day, young men and women dressed in costumes went to the Buddhist temple to worship Buddha, offering food, flowers, wax strips and coins. After the sacrifice, a grand cultural rally was held to celebrate the end of fasting since the closing day.

The main contents include setting off sparks and rising, lighting lanterns, singing and dancing. Young people will also jump lanterns in the shape of birds, animals, fish and insects around the village. At this time, when the rice harvest is finished, it is also a festival to celebrate the harvest.

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Dai people's clothing characteristics: men and women are different.

Men's wear: Dai men generally don't wear ornaments, and occasionally find a shiny silver bracelet on their wrists. Gold teeth and silver teeth are their hobbies. There is little difference in the costumes of Dai people all over the country. Generally speaking, they are simple and generous. It is a collarless double-breasted or large-breasted small sleeve coat with a wide waist and trousers without pockets. Most of them wear white and blue cloth heads, some wear wool hats, like to cover blankets in cold weather, and often go barefoot all year round.

Women's clothing: Dai women pay attention to clothing and pursue light, beautiful and elegant clothing, which is extremely excellent in color coordination.

It is a remarkable feature of Dai costumes that young women wear long hair on their heads. Dai women wear all kinds of tight underwear, light-colored shirts with big breasts or narrow sleeves, and colorful tubular skirts with various patterns. Dai women like to tie their long hair into a bun and insert combs, hairpins or flowers on the bun as decoration.

Dai women like to wear jewelry. Jewelry is generally made of gold and silver, mostly hollow, engraved with exquisite patterns and patterns. Dai women are generally slim, pure and beautiful, and graceful, so they are called "golden peacocks".