What are the customs of Torch Festival? Which ethnic minorities celebrate the Torch Festival?

What are the customs of Torch Festival? Which ethnic minorities celebrate the Torch Festival?
As the name suggests, the Torch Festival is a carnival with fire as the main character. It is also a festival that reflects the beliefs and folk culture of the ancestors of ethnic minorities. So what are the customs of Torch Festival? Which ethnic minorities celebrate the Torch Festival? The sixth month of the lunar calendar is approaching quietly, and the flowers, plants and trees are all smiling to welcome the arrival of summer. The Fortune Teller website will help you understand the days of the sixth lunar month in 2018! 1. Fire worship: the villagers will slaughter cattle and sheep, share the offerings collectively, and prepare wine and meat to worship the ancestors. When night falls, people from nearby villages will build an altar at the location selected by the elders, and light the sacred fire in the traditional way by striking stones to make fire. The Bimo (Yi folk priest) will chant scriptures to worship the fire. Then, every household, adults and children would take the torches made of wormwood from the Bimo and wander around the fields, imitating the legend of Ashimao using fire to drive away insects.
2. Pass on the fire. Every household gathers under the sacred fire on the altar and holds various traditional festival activities. The boys want to imitate the legendary Atilaba by horse racing, wrestling, singing, bullfighting, sheep fighting and cockfighting. The girls imitated the legendary Ashmao, wearing beautiful clothes, holding up butter umbrellas, and dancing the "Dolohe" and Dati dances. On this day, the most important event is the Yi beauty pageant. The elders will select the handsome man and beautiful woman of the year from among the boys and girls according to the legendary standards of Atiraba being hardworking and brave, heroic and handsome, and Ashmao being kind and intelligent, beautiful and generous. As night falls, pairs of lovers gather in the mountains, by the stream, and under yellow oil umbrellas, playing the moon guitar and mouth strings and expressing their love to each other. Therefore, some people call the Liangshan Yi International Torch Festival the "Eastern Valentine's Day";
3. Sending fire is the climax of the Liangshan Yi International Torch Festival. When night falls on this day, everyone will run around holding torches. Finally, people put the torches in their hands together to form huge bonfires. The happy people gathered around the bonfires, singing and dancing to their heart's content. The scene was extremely spectacular. Therefore, it is also known as "Oriental Carnival Night". ,
Torch Festival is an ancient traditional festival of the Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jino, Lahu and other ethnic groups, but the dates are different. The Yi, Naxi and Jinuo ethnic groups hold it on June 24th of the lunar calendar, the Bai ethnic group holds it on June 25th, and the Lahu ethnic group holds it on June 20th. The festival lasts for two or three days. The Torch Festival has profound folk cultural connotations and is famous both at home and abroad, and is known as the "Carnival of the East." Different ethnic groups hold the Torch Festival at different times: the Yi, Naxi, and Jino nationalities hold it on June 24th of the lunar calendar; the Bai nationality holds it on June 25th; and the Lahu nationality holds it on June 20th. The festival lasts for two or three days. The main activities include bullfighting, sheep fighting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, singing and dancing performances, beauty pageants, etc. In the new era, the Torch Festival has been endowed with new folk functions and has taken on new forms.

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