Holidays of the Baiyi

Ceremony of sweeping the village.

When it is considered that there is some misfortune, an infectious illness or a fire, the ceremony is realized of sweeping the village with the target to expel the causative demons of this misfortune. This ceremony is usually presided by a shaman, during the same one there sacrifices itself a pig or a goat and a chicken. The sweep in strict sense is a trip for the house of the village that the shaman realizes touching a goat leather drum, and throwing curses to expel the demons, while the people around him they sing and it dances.

Ceremony in honor of the dragon.

It is realized two times every year. One in lunar February, in honor of the small dragon, and other one in lunar March, in honor of the dragon of the sun. The person who is in charge of directing the ceremony is called a head of dragon. During the same one there kills itself a pig and a chicken that seeks employment to the dragon to the feet of a big arch, asking for good rains and prosperous winds, as well as for health for the cattle and the persons, and that the cultivation of the ground is abundant.

Ceremony of venerating Guangong

There is realized the 13th of the fifth lunar month, since it is when it is said that the sky will send rain in honor of the hero called Guangong. This day there kills himself a pig, which seeks employment before his temple. After what one asks him to bring good rains, favorable winds, that the persons reproduce the cattle, and that the cultivation should be abundant.

To venerate the ancestors.

It is realized in March, when the people meet in his honor, and offers them meal.

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