1. No New Year's Day
Yi residents living in SiChuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places have a New Year's Festival on the 10th and 11th day of the first month of the lunar calendar after the New Year, which is called "MalongHuo" in Yi. On the morning of the tenth day of the first month of the second lunar month, each family prepares a sumptuous reunion dinner, followed by a housewife toasting a glass of wine to their men, and then the whole family has lunch.
By noon, the men, large and small, gathered at the homes of the two "Ma Gong Ba" to drink. "Ma Gong Ba" is said to be the embodiment of the leader of the ancestors during the war, and people only drank alcohol and did not eat in his house. The next day, men, women and children gathered on the dance floor, led by two "Ma Gong Ba", and danced copper according to the route drawn by "Lamo" (old master) and "Sanan" (the opener).
After the dance, the "Yang Ba" (the person who plays the five shengs) blows another five sheng, and then people eat lunch on the spot, and everyone toasts to each other and celebrates the festival together.
2. Torch Festival
Torch Festival - Yi Carnival: The "Torch Festival" is usually held from the 24th to the 26th day of the lunar calendar. This is the ShengDa festival of the Yi people. At that time, cattle were slaughtered, sheep were slaughtered, ancestors were sacrificed, and in some places the landlords were sacrificed, feasting on each other, eating meat, and hoping to harvest grain.
The Torch Festival is usually celebrated for 3 days. The whole family gathers on DiYi days, and after 2 days, various events such as wrestling, horse racing, bullfighting, competitions and tug-of-war matches are held. Then hold a bonfire evening at ShengDa and revel in the night.
3. Costume Festival
As the name suggests, it is a contest of costumes, costumes. This is a festival that fully demonstrates the intelligence, hard work, and ability of the Yi RenMin. It is also a day to love beauty, pageant, and be more beautiful. Every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Yi RenMin gathers together to celebrate the costume festival. Sightseeing at the Yi Costume Festival is a delightful treat.
The costume field, colorful, full of flowers and greenery, colorful, colorful and bright costumes, will definitely make you dizzy. The Yi woman NyuYe is very good at embroidery, not only embroidering on clothes, hats, and waists, but also embroidering cute, playful and beautiful patterns on satchels, shoes, and insoles.
4. Flower Face Festival
The Flower Face Festival is spread in Qiubei County and is held every year on the eighth day of the second lunar month and lasts for 3 days. During the festival, young men and women in all Yi family villages gathered together to slaughter pigs and chickens, prepare wine and meat meals, first pay homage to the gods, and then invite the old people to eat first with Zui's good wine and meat, and then everyone sat around, toasted each other, and ate meat.
After the meal, I went to the end of the village, wiped each other's faces with ink and pot soot, until my face was full of black, and I was tired enough to laugh. The Flower Face Festival is thus named. In addition to the young men and women smearing each other, the rest of the people also wipe each other according to age and generation, believing that the blacker the smear, the more people wipe it, and only in that year will the wind and rain be smooth, the people and animals will be safe, and the grain will be abundant.
5. Worship Your Aunt's Day
Bye bye
The festival is a traditional festival of the Yi people in the Eshan area of Yunnan Province, which is held on the second day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar every year. The festival is mostly held in villages. At that time, people will take the girls who have been married out of the village in the past three or five years back to the village together with their aunts. After that, first send big red prayers to each aunt, and then the village organizes lions, dragon lanterns, flower drum teams, and big-headed monks to go to each house to worship and play.
Uncles must. Light firecrackers to welcome. And take out the candy and pastry to send. In some places, all the aunts in the village should be invited to perform group worship together, so that the aunts of each family can show their wisdom and talents in this collective occasion. During the group worship, in addition to displaying firecrackers, candy, and melon seeds, some of them also contributed the fruits of their labor, such as seeds of various high-yield crops. New Year's Day