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Dai
Minority - Xishuangbanna Travel |
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With
the population of over 1 million, the Dai
minority in Yunnan is mainly engaged in agriculture;
especially do the planting of paddy rice.
In general, the Dai ethnic group lived in
Xishuangbanna, believe in Hinayana (Theravada).
Dai minority in China has their own language
characters. Dai people are good at singing
and dancing, also create their gorgeous cultures,
especially in the aspect of their Dai calendar,
Dai medicine, and Dai poems. |
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General
customs and taboos of Dai minority:
It is avoid as harmful for foreigner to ride
a horse, herd the cows, shoulder a load with
a carrying pole and enter the villages with
the messy hair. It is necessary to take off
your shoes before you enter the Dai family
and temples, and be light of your steps. Never
enter the host’s bedrooms, sit on the
doorsill, or step the fire by feet. It is
also forbidden to whistle and cut your nails
inside the house; sit on the pillows or make
use of the clothes as a pillow. Finally, do
not touch the monk’s head, Buddhist
statues, flags and all kinds of consecrated
articles in anyway. |
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Clothing
of Dai Minority:
The dressings of the Dai women are always
with the blazing color. Dai girls in general
have slim and graceful figures, which make
people give them a laudatory title as “Golden
Peacock”. Dai girls are good at the
way to dressed up. They wear tight-fitting
shirts with narrow sleeves and matched with
the same colored maxi skirt, to show their
slender figures. Dai men wear collarless shirts
in usual, matched with long pants, and sometimes,
with the white or green head cloth. |
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For
the Dai minority people, no matter boys or
girls, they all like to carry a simple, colorful
brocade bag for any outdoor events. These
kinds of bags featured with distinctive national
patterns like rare animals and birds, trees
and plants or some geometric figures. Each
of the patterns has its own specific meaning,
for example, bags in red or green colors represent
the commemoration of the ancestors; patterns
in peacocks has the meaning of good fortune
and happiness; and patterns of elephants are
the symbol of a bumper grain harvest and have
a good life. |
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Festivals
of Dai Minority:
The Water-splashing Festival, represent the
new year of the Dai calendar, is the most
famous celebration in Dai minority. It holds
in 13th – 15th of April annually in
Jinghong, Xishuangbanna. During the festival,
Dai people go to the temples for worship then
splash waters everywhere to everybody in order
to present their best, sincere wishes to others.
Dai people also hold some activities like
dragon-boat racing, cock-fighting, do peacock
dance, throwing lotus-pouch and light up lanterns
etc. |
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