Which ethnic group’s traditional festival is March 3rd? What activities are there?
March 3rd has been a traditional festival in my country since ancient times. Although many people no longer celebrate this festival, it is still an important festival for many ethnic minorities. On this day, ethnic minority compatriots sing and dance to celebrate "March 3rd". So which ethnic groups celebrate the March 3rd Festival, and what activities take place on this day? Let’s watch it together.Which ethnic group has a traditional festival on March 3rd?March 3rd is a festival for ethnic minorities such as the Zhuang, Han, Yao, Dong, Miao, Buyi, She, Li, and Tujia . Among them, the Zhuang ethnic group in Guangxi is the most typical. "March 3rd Festival of the Zhuang Nationality" is an important traditional customary festival of the Zhuang nationality in Guangxi. It is mainly concentrated in areas inhabited by ethnic minorities such as Nanning, Liuzhou, Baise, Hechi, Chongzuo, Laibin, Qinzhou, Fangchenggang and some Han areas such as Wuzhou, Yulin and Hezhou. In ancient times, young Zhuang men and women gathered on the streets to sing and gathered by the river to feast. According to Zhuang legend, March 3 is the birthday of Buluotuo, the ancestor of the Zhuang people.Activities of various ethnic groups celebrating March 31. ZhuangMarch 3rd is an important festival for the Zhuang ethnic group in Guangxi. On this day, people mix plant juice with glutinous rice to make five-color glutinous rice, which is a symbol of good luck. It is said that eating this kind of rice can keep one healthy. On the third day of the third lunar month and after the autumn harvest, people in some ethnic minority areas of Guangxi will spontaneously organize a firecracker grabbing movement. In addition, the Zhuang people also hold singing festivals on March 3rd. During each singing festival, young men and women from dozens of miles around gather at the singing venue, and the young men sing with the girls they like under the guidance of the singing teacher. 2. Yao Nationality The Yao ethnic group celebrates March 3rd to commemorate national heroes, so people name this day March 3rd, also known as the "Ganba Festival." Every year before March 3rd, Yao men go to Laolin a week in advance to hunt and kill wild animals, go to the river to catch fish and shrimps, and roast them and take them home to distribute them among households so that they can share the joy of the harvest. Women went up the mountain to pick indigo leaves and other natural dyes, boiled them in water and dyed them into glutinous rice in four colors: red, yellow, blue and purple, to offer to Pangu. On the day of the festival, the Yao people put down their farm work and take a day off together. The men read scriptures, drink wine and have fun, while the girls and boys go to the barren hills and woods near the village to sing, play and talk about love. 3. Li Nationality The third day of the third lunar month is a traditional auspicious festival for the Li people to commemorate their ancestors, celebrate the new life, praise life and pursue love. Every day, people get up early. Women are busy pounding glutinous rice to prepare food for the festival. Girls go up the mountain to pick leaves for dyeing rice. Men go up the mountain to hunt with dogs and go into the water to catch fish. Every household kills chickens, buys meat and prepares wine. The girls put on their best clothes, wear gold and silver, and sing and dance to celebrate the annual March 3rd Festival. During the March 3rd Festival every year, the Li people in Sanya, Baoting, Lingshui and other places offer pig heads, rice wine and rice balls as sacrifices, and go to Sanya Luobi Cave, Ganshiling Cave and other places to pray to their ancestors for peace. |
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