Like other ethnic minorities in the community of Vietnamese ethnic groups, the Dao ethnic group in Khe Rong hamlet, Kien Thanh commune, Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province has a rather unique way of eating Tet, typical for the nation. That is Tet dance. For many generations, the Tet dance has become an indispensable cultural feature of the Dao people every New Year, spring.
The dance festival (also known as Nham Cham Dao) usually starts from the 10th of the 10th lunar month to before the Lunar New Year. To prepare for the new year dance, the young people in the village have to practice the dance, dance and have to prepare wooden swords to dance. According to the village elders, a long time ago, when the Dao ancestors in the North crossed the South China Sea into Vietnam, some boats had encountered storms and winds, they had to jump to ask for help from the fairies and the gods. promised to escape ashore, then later will celebrate Tet dance to give thanks.
In the past, to organize a dance festival was very costly, the Dao had to work for three consecutive years. The first year works one day and one night, the second year makes two days and two nights, the third year makes three days and three nights. Up to now, people's lives have been improved, customs have been eliminated, from 12 years onwards, the Dao family will hold a dance festival once and the time is 3 days 3 nights.
To make a dance festival is not simple at all because it depends on the material conditions as well as on worship and rituals. Unlike other ethnic groups, the worship of the Dao Nga tsar in Kien Thanh commune, Tran Yen district is very unique. The altar should not be placed in the middle of the house, but should be placed in the corner of the house (in the opinion of the Dao people, that is the most sacred place). The dance festival must be held at the house (ie the house with the altar of the family). If any family wants to hold a dance festival, they must first perform a village praying ceremony, everyone in the village will contribute money to make offerings. In general, after that, the person who takes part in the ceremony to pray for the village (who is trusted and elected by the villagers) will pray for the villagers' health, prosperity and good luck. It takes six to seven days before Tet to organize a dancing festival, at the beginning of the year, The family had to prepare food, food and tools to dance during the Chinese New Year dance. Funeral offerings include chickens, pigs, wine, rice and paper.
On the occasion of Tet dance, from the early morning, the family held a thick cake, slaughtered pigs and chickens; young people in the lineage prepare flags made of paper and machined swords (about 50 centimeters long swords), wooden knives and axes. When finished, use blue and red ink to paint and decorate the pattern on it.
The two priests were invited by the family to begin their work. After praying for heaven and earth, the ancestors blessed the family and village for a new year of health, pray for good rain and wind, favorable business jobs and asked for a dance festival, the teacher held a "swing" (carrying) meaning like a yin-yang coin) raised and tossed hard on the ground, when the two pieces of the same head are positive, the ancestors agreed to make Tet dance. Next, the two teachers burned yellow paper to send money to the elderly, so that they could recognize the family for the Tet holiday. After that, the family was about to cook and invited everyone to attend to eat.
The dance festival of the Dao is a family festival but is considered by the whole village as a general festival. At the first ritual, everyone was preparing to dance Lap Lo Lo Sat. A monk read aloud to everyone about the origin of the dance and also read history for ancestors to witness, at the same time, the other teacher stood up to dance with a group of 8 to 10 people (unlimited number amount). Each person dances with a flag, a gong drum, and collapses ... dance in a rotating fashion. After that, many traditional dances were performed such as: sword dance, street dance (tortoise dance), tortoise dance (Peo tu) ... All movements of these dances are performed. continuously with the ingenuity and subtlety of the performer. The dances, lyrics in the New Year dance often towards good things, happiness. The dances are highly symbolic and unique. During the Chinese New Year dance, Each person had to dance to hundreds of times in the bell and drum beat. People who attend New Year dance and dance all day and night, whoever gets tired will be replaced. Just like that during the dance festival. On the day of the end of the dance festival, the two teachers wore skirts with embroidery to the fields and then went out to the main door to blow prison and with the meaning of calling Ngoc Hoang down to let the two teachers report that they had completed the dance festival. Then the two teachers performed a "return ceremony" to end the Tet holiday. After that, the villagers ate and wished the owner a lucky and good year. After the two teachers returned, the family paid each teacher a pig's leg to express gratitude. On the day of the end of the dance festival, the two teachers wore skirts with embroidery to the fields and then went out to the main door to blow prison and with the meaning of calling Ngoc Hoang down to let the two teachers report that they had completed the dance festival. Then the two teachers performed a "return ceremony" to end the Tet holiday. After that, the villagers ate and wished the owner a lucky and good year. After the two teachers returned, the family paid each teacher a pig's leg to express gratitude. On the day of the end of the dance festival, the two teachers wore skirts with embroidery to the fields and then went out to the main door to blow prison and with the meaning of calling Ngoc Hoang down to let them report that they had completed the dance festival. Then the two teachers performed a "return ceremony" to end the Tet holiday. After that, the villagers ate and wished the owner a lucky and good year. After the two teachers returned, the family paid each teacher a pig's leg to express gratitude.
The Emperor Nga's Dance Festival is a general cultural activity of folk arts such as dancing, music, language ... all of which have created a unique unique dance of color. of the Dao people in the highland of Yen Bai.
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