To
acquaint with those minority people’s
cultures, one of the best ways
is to join their colorful, distinguishing
festivals. There are more or less
400 festivals and activities happened
within the minorities. Some of
the festivals are celebrated between
certain minorities, with some
of the differences depends on
the time, style and local legends.
To take the “Torch Festival”
as an example, besides the most
famous minorities of Yi and Bai,
the Naxi and Primi minorities
will also hold some celebrating
events about it; same as the “Water-splashing
Festival”, either minority
of Dai, Blang or Achang commemorate
at the same time, with the same
origin. |
Many
of the minorities are good at
singing and dancing in general,
whenever in the festival days,
they all dress up their traditional
minority clothes, gathering together
then start their songs and dance.
Teenagers will take these opportunities
to seek out their lovers. Minority
people regard the festivals as
a get-together party; singing
and dancing collectively shows
their unity and harmonious relations.
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