What are the customs and habits of the Dai people?

Festival customs of the Dai people:

The major festivals of the Dai people include the "Close-Door Festival", the "Open-Door Festival" and the Water Splashing Festival.

The "Close Door Festival" is in mid-July, which is the busy farming season. Most Buddhist festivals are also concentrated during this time, so that we can concentrate on production and hold a grand "Buddha Festival" at the same time. Activities include offering food, flowers, silver coins, banknotes, etc. to the Buddha. The "Close-Door Festival" lasts for about three months, ending with the "Open-Door Festival" in mid-October.

The most grand festival of the Dai people is the Water Splashing Festival. It takes place in April every year. Calculated in time series, April in the Gregorian calendar is equivalent to the first month in the Dai calendar. The Water Splashing Festival is also the Dai New Year's Day. According to traditional customs, early in the morning on this day, people collect flowers and green leaves to worship in Buddhist temples, and carry clear water to wash the dust of the Buddha statues. After doing this, the mass splashing of water began. Groups of young men and women filled the streets and alleys with copper bowls and basins, playing and chasing each other. They splashed water on everyone, and their bodies were wet from head to toe. through. This is auspicious water, blessing water. People splash it to their heart's content. Both those who splash and those who are splashed are extremely happy and laugh loudly... During the Water Splashing Festival, paddling is held on the wide Lancang River. In the dragon boat race, the water boats are decorated with colorful flowers and dressed up as dragons, peacocks, big fish and other images. Dozens of young men and women paddle hard forward. Crowds of spectators on both sides of the strait are like clouds, and the sound of gongs, drums and cheers resounds in the sky. At night, various villages set off high-rise fireworks, which are fireworks made by the Dai people themselves. Use a bamboo several feet long, fill the root with gunpowder and other ingredients, and place it on a high frame made of bamboo. The fuse is lit, the gunpowder burns, and the bamboos fly into the sky like rockets, emitting brilliant fireworks in the sky, like clusters of flowers, stars shining and dazzling, decorating the festive night sky particularly beautifully. The Water Splashing Festival is a festival that welcomes the new year and is a joyful festival that usually lasts three to five days.