Bringing the rice spirit home

A white thread is tied on the hand to lead the rice spirit home.

For the Xe Dang people, the rice god is an important deity, respected by the villagers. The villagers believe that each favorable harvest season and bountiful rice harvest on the fields is a gift from the god.

Weaving baskets to hold new rice.

On the contrary, a bad harvest is the result of the rice god punishing and blaming the villagers. After each harvest, the Xe Dang people hold a festival to celebrate the new rice, worship the gods and welcome the spirit of the rice god.

Xo Dang women pluck the first rice stalks to offer to the gods.

Before the harvest, the Xe Dang people in Nam Tra My hold a ceremony to celebrate the new rice, first to thank the forest and mountain gods, then to share the first grain of rice of the season for the whole village to enjoy and celebrate.

Lead the rice soul home.

During the new rice celebration, everyone is allowed to participate from beginning to end. Men worship the gods, women thresh rice, men slaughter pigs, women pound rice. They are drunk on rice wine, in the steam filled with the aroma of new rice.

Xo Dang girl in the rice soul procession team.

House.

Pound rice to cook new rice.

Drink wine together.

Smiles in the festival.

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