Betel sun is one of the typical ritual rituals of the Red Dao people in Lao Cai, held regularly by the villages every year or every few years, praying for favorable rain and wind, growing trees, good crops; The family is full and happy.
Village patriarchs, village chiefs, priests and villagers meet to prepare for the worshiping ceremony such as choosing a worshiper, location, worshiping day ... The worshiping ceremony is held on the day of the Ox, according to the concept of Red Dao people organize the worshiping ceremony on this day, the village always has good luck. The ceremony takes place on a flat land, in a field or on a hill where there is an open space, convenient for organization.
On the main holiday, the families in the village contribute money to buy gifts including: sticky rice, pigs, chickens, banknotes and incense to pray for the fairies in the heaven and on earth to help the villagers have a peaceful life. , full and prosperous. Offering offerings to the gods presented by the villagers to each tray brought by the youth to the venue. The main tray in the middle includes: a pig, sticky rice (with four colors of sticky rice), chicken (must be a rooster), 5 cups, 1 bottle of wine, 1 bowl of rice and two white silver coins to worship the teacher Teacher, a bowl of water for the gods to wash their hands. An auxiliary tray placed next to the rice seed such as rice, corn, cassava, mustard seeds, melon seeds, soybean seeds, etc., brought by the teachers to call the spirit of the rice to enter these seeds.
Next, two other trays are placed on both sides, in which one offering rice soul includes: 5 cups, 1 bottle of wine, 1 incense tube, 1 bowl of water, 1 bowl of floating cake, 9 chicken eggs and paper money. "Dumpling" drift cake is put into a bowl, then people put 7 or 9 chicken eggs inside, then put the chicken upside down like a chicken incubating, because in the concept of the Red Dao it brought The meaning that represents the family's grain is always full, full, always proliferate. The third tray is dedicated to hungry ghosts, thirsty ghosts, sugar ghosts, market ghosts without worshipers, forest ghosts, ghosts and streams.
After the offerings were made, the priest dressed in a costume with peacock, phoenix, dragon, head of the red scarf showing his majesty, he put three incense sticks into the tray. three vajras, muttering recite prayers praying for the gods of heaven and earth to bless the favorable rain and wind, the plants grow well, there is no shortage of water, no heavy rain, for bumper crops In the autumn, the people have a full and peaceful life. After praying, the sorcerer burns money for the gods, takes the gods to the underworld market, the underworld has 18 streets for the gods to buy tea, buy water, buy wine, buy meat, buy shoes, buy sandals, buy clothes ... and bring the gods, the ancestors home. After that, everyone raised their cups and congratulated a new season with good luck, good rain, wind, good trees, lots of flowers, fruits, pigs,
Previously, "betel sun" was just a ritual ritual taking place within a village, but now has grown and expanded into a big festival of the Red Dao people. In addition to the worshiping rituals, there are also traditional cultural and art performances such as pushing sticks, throwing sticks, shooting crossbows ... which have partly met the needs of enjoying culture and arts of compatriots, creating a joyful and exciting atmosphere for everyone in the village before entering a new season.
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