What are the customs of the Dai people in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan?

1. The major festivals of the Dai people are the Dai New Year - Water Splashing Festival, Close-Door Festival and Open-Door Festival. The "Water Splashing Festival" is a traditional festival for the Dai people to see off the old and welcome the new. It takes place in mid-April in the Gregorian calendar. The main activities during the festival include offering sacrifices to ancestors, piling sand, splashing water, throwing bags, dragon boat racing, setting off fireworks, singing and dancing carnival, etc.

2. Taboo: It is taboo for outsiders to ride horses, drive cattle, carry burdens and enter the village with disheveled hair; when entering a Dai bamboo house, you must take off your shoes outside the door and walk softly inside the house; you cannot sit You are not allowed to enter the master's inner room or sit on the threshold above or across the fire pit; you are not allowed to move the tripod on the fire pit, and you are not allowed to step on the fire with your feet; it is taboo to whistle or cut nails at home; you are not allowed to use clothes as pillows or sit on pillows When drying clothes, the tops should be dried at a high place, and the pants and skirts should be dried at a low place. When entering a Buddhist temple, you must take off your shoes. It is taboo to touch a series of Buddhist sacred objects such as the head of a young monk, Buddha statues, spears, flags and flags.

3. Daily food customs? Most Dai people have the habit of eating two meals a day, with rice and glutinous rice as their staple food. The Dai people in Dehong eat Japonica rice as their staple food, while the Dai people in Xishuangbanna eat glutinous rice as their staple food. It is usually pounded and eaten immediately. Folks believe that only if japonica rice and rice are pounded freshly can they retain their original color and fragrance. Therefore, they do not eat overnight rice or rarely eat overnight rice, and they are used to kneading the rice with their hands.

Festivals, etiquette, sacrificial food and customs? The Dai people generally believe in Theravada Buddhism, and many festivals are related to Buddhist activities.

The Water-Splashing Festival, held in June of the Dai calendar every year, is the grandest festival. At that time, Buddhists are worshipped, a feast is held, monks, relatives and friends are entertained, and congratulations are exchanged by splashing water. During the Water Splashing Festival, in addition to abundant wine and food, there are also many Dai-style snacks.

For example, there is a kind of glutinous rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into a ball and filled with perilla sugar filling. It is wrapped in banana leaves with wax oil and can be baked soft or fried before eating. Eat with honey.