(CLO) The coming-of-age ceremony is a synthesis of art forms: literature, poetry, music, dance, visual arts, worship paintings... The lyrics in the ceremony use figurative, pure images.
At the Song Mun Festival held today (March 1) in Quang Duc commune, Hai Ha district, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Ninh province awarded the decision to recognize the "Social customs and beliefs of the Dao Thanh Y's initiation ceremony" to localities where the Dao Thanh Y community lives in Quang Ninh province.
This year, the Mun Wave Festival is held on March 1 and 2 with many traditional rituals praying for peace and luck. Villagers gather, contribute offerings and send the most prestigious representative of the village to the village temple to worship, pray for peace, luck, favorable weather, bountiful harvests, and a harmonious and happy life.
The "Mun Wave" worship ritual is recreated at the Festival. Photo: BDT
The festival takes place with many attractive activities: Highland market, folk art club festival, Dao Thanh Y women's hairdressing contest, ethnic cuisine contest, ethnic costume performance contest, pandan leaf cake wrapping contest, leaf trumpet playing contest, duet singing, bamboo pole dancing; ethnic sports competitions...
The Coming of Age Ceremony of the Dao Thanh Y people in Quang Ninh province was recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage on December 10, 2024.
According to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Ninh, in the province, the Dao Thanh Y people account for 2.7% of the population. The life cycle of a Dao Thanh Y man from birth to adulthood and death, there are some indispensable customs, such as the Coming of Age Ceremony.
According to the concept of the Dao Thanh Y, even if a boy is old but has not gone through the Coming of Age Ceremony, he is still considered immature. Therefore, Coming of Age Ceremony is the most important ceremony in the life of a Dao Thanh Y boy; it is a social custom and folk belief that cannot be abandoned by any Dao Thanh Y boy.
The ceremony of giving a son his name is also known as “Ay man chay de” in the Dao Thanh Y language. Those who receive the ceremony will call the shaman “master” - they are all prestigious Dao Thanh Y people in the area invited by their families.
According to the regulations of the Thanh Y Dao people, in one initiation ceremony, one, two or three people can be held... of different ages, but must be in the same family, have the same ancestral altar and must be of equal status.
The ordination ceremony takes place over 7 days, at the house of the ordination masters and at the family of the person being ordained. This ceremony includes rituals of the civil and military groups and the village feast.
The Coming of Age Ceremony is a synthesis of art forms: literature, poetry, music, dance, visual arts, worship paintings... The lyrics in the ceremony use pure, metaphorical images to tell about gods who are willing to help people, fertile lands with favorable business... The dances performed in the Coming of Age Ceremony are dragon dances, turtle dances, chicken dances, and other dances.
Dao Thanh Y women perform hair consultation. Photo: BVH
The Dao Thanh Y's initiation ceremony is a social custom and folk belief created by the Dao Thanh Y community itself, closely associated with the formation, migration and development of the ethnic group, passed down from generation to generation and always accompanying the lives of the people.
Nowadays, to adapt to the general development of society, many rituals and ceremonies that are no longer suitable for life have been reduced by the Dao Thanh Y, but that does not reduce the sacredness of these rituals.
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