Nghia Lo is a land rich in cultural traditions and the land of many festivals and cradles creating a unique cultural nuance, imbued with Thai national identity.
All festivals contain a private, pervasive and enveloping mind that is a ritual of worship, honoring the gods, those who have contributed to the village, to the homeland, to the ancestors ... The term Khuong is one of the unique folk performing arts of the Thai in Muong Lo - Nghia Lo area.
Drought is a traditional festival of Thai ethnic people in Nghia Lo - Muong Lo area that has existed for a long time and has deep humanity. In Thai, "drought" means bamboo, and "Khuong" is the yard and land in the village. The term Khuong means a bamboo floor set up in an outdoor courtyard. The term "Khuong Khuong" is also called the "Khuong Khuong Flower Floor" - a playground exclusively for unmarried men and women.
The floor is made of big bamboo trees, about 6 meters long, 4 meters wide and over 1 meter high, the floor has an area of 16 - 24m2, surrounded by lattice bars, with a door. in and out, up and down by stairs and from 3 to 5 steps.
In the middle of the floor, there is a fire stove, next to the fire, people set up a universe tree, Thai called the tree "Lacquer". This tree is like a tree on Tet holiday, on top of the leaves, leaves are hung with the pictures of ticks, birds, fruits, sausages woven with green, red leaves, which look very brilliant. The floor must be made really hard because on the floor there are many things for boys and girls to show their skills such as spinning, spinning, knitting, embroidery ...
The number of boys and girls participating in Drought Zone is not limited, usually there are about 5 - 10 couples. Thai girls are graceful in traditional dress, with beautiful hair, pieu towels. And the boys holding Cai Pí to accompany the sentences throughout the romantic situation.
When the light of the kitchen fire flared up, it was also the beginning of the drought night. Mr. Chu Tien Luat in Ban Dieu 4, Nghia An recalls: “When I was a child, I heard her and my mother sing all over and I went to see Khuong Khuong. Here, boys and girls sing all over, reciprocating with each other, exchanging love with each other.
In the spring, especially on New Year holidays, I myself join the Qiang Khuong Festival with the desire to find a girlfriend to build a family. Khuong Khuong aims to satisfy the spiritual needs and be the link, connecting all participating communities, forming a community with a sense of sustainable living together ”.
During the meeting, the group of girls went to the floor and then pulled out the ladder, after which she "Cho Khuong" was likened to the leader, started a fire and placed the spinning saucer, her back leaning on the "Shaking drunk" tree in the middle. spinning spinning floor, the other girls split to sit next to spinning or embroidery, sewing ... The "Limit" fire burns brightly in a corner of the tree, making "Shake" more and more shimmering.
In Limit Khuong, the predestined singing style is the dominant singing style (also called throughout the newspaper). The Thai boys had to sing all the time to respond to the girls until they agreed to put them on the floor of Quai Khuong. The girls responded with words that refused to dare to date, feared that the man was married, had a lover.
They kept singing like that until the son insisted that he did not have a wife and gained the trust of the daughter before the girl could drop the ladder for her son to come to the floor of Quai Khuong. When being on the floor, the boys began to find the girl they like and desire to be married. They sang in response to each other expressing affection.
However, a guy who wants to do something must sing around asking for the girl's permission. The term Khuong is held every year during the January Full Moon Festival in Nghia Lo Town, there are many couples so the couple asked the couple to join the term Khuong Khuong.
In order to preserve the traditional culture of Thai ethnic people, and to remind the young generation about the good culture of their people to preserve for the future, Ms. Hoang Thi Hong Hanh - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee The town said: “In recent years, the attention and leadership of all levels and sectors and the enthusiastic participation of artisans, traditional folk art life in general, and the performance of the term“ Khuong Khuong ” In particular, it has been preserved and promoted effectively. In particular, Nghia Lo has carried out a research on a provincial scientific project on "Preserving and promoting the value of folk performance art of the term" Khuong Khu Thai ethnic group in Muong Lo - Nghia Lo ".
At this point, in order to continue preserving and promoting the national cultural identity, improving the spiritual and cultural life for the people, the Town People's Committee requests the functional agencies to research and make scientific and artistic records. folk performance Drought Thai Khuong ethnic group submitted to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to recognize the national intangible cultural heritage ”.
The term Khuong not only exudes the beauty of the souls of Thai boys and girls, but also introduces visitors to the unique and typical folk games of the Black Thai people in Nghia Lo - Muong Lo lands such as: spreading, throwing, spinning, tackling ... or the passionate dance spread the heart.
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