Gelao nationality is the oldest indigenous nationality in Guizhou. Their population is small, but there are many national traditional festivals, one of which is named after their nationality. How do Gelao people celebrate this festival named after their own national festival? 4hw.com.cn Reading Channel: Gelao people's own festival: Gelao Festival.
Gelao people's own festival: Gelao Festival
After breakfast on Gelao day, men, women and children put on holiday costumes, bring wine, meat, meals and bowls and hurry to their ancestral graves. There, the patriarch fired artillery to mark the beginning of the new year. First dance Lusheng dance and duet, and then carry out a variety of sports activities such as batch of castor balls and eggs, swing and so on.
In the afternoon, the patriarch killed the five roosters and five hens he brought, dropped the chicken blood in the wine and sprinkled it on the ancestral grave to worship the ancestors. After the sacrifice, stew the 10 chickens, mix the dishes of each family together, eat the new year's meal and go home.
The tense and busy Gelao Festival has such a strong national style that there can be no shortage of duets, dances and sacrifices. The singing and dancing festivals of ethnic minorities are always more meaningful.
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