In the winter of Lancang, when the sun is still very strong, Lao Dabao, a Yunnan village on the border of Yunnan and Myanmar, is preparing to celebrate the New Rice Festival, a grand festival set up by the Lahu people to pay tribute to the creator god of heaven, Osa. Among the 473 people in Lao Dabao Village, nearly 80 percent of them can sing and play guitars, and expressing their blessings to the New Rice Festival with ** is a unique way of celebration for Lao Dabao people.
This kind of part-part chorus of Lao Dabao was first introduced to Lancang by missionaries around 1911. In 1920, the second local pastor of the village came to the village after Xi at Nuofu Church, and the missionaries brought to Lao Dabao, in addition to the praise-style part-part singing, but also left a new instrument, the guitar.
The most traditional musical instrument of Lahu men is the reed sheng, which is often used when falling in love. **For the old Dabao people, it has long become a part of life, and the square of the assembly, the sundeck of the house, and the land of their own house can be heard**The happiness conveyed by **.
If there are guests coming, they will roast Pu'er tea for the guests to drink, the roasted tea leaves are very fragrant, and it is the hospitality of Lao Dabao people to entertain visiting relatives and friends with good tea.
In Lao Dabao, you can see all kinds of gourds, and Lao Dabao people think that their ancestors came out of the gourd and are full of respect for the gourd. Hulu Square is a place where the villagers rehearse their songs, and it is also a place where the evening party is held. Here, the people sang the praises of the gods and celebrated the harvest, which kicked off the carnival.
Everyone in the village loves to sing, and the dance and singing resounded throughout the valley, and the winter chill was completely lost here. The sky is incredibly blue, and everything is like the song here, without any laws or theories, just trembling and raising your fingers, playing and singing endlessly and joyfully.
According to the excerpt of the documentary "The Great Village", for reference only, invaded and deleted.
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