Offering rites of the Northwest and the North Central highlands cultural region
Culture and belief A record of custom.
The rites
- Lễ cầu mưa, tạ mưa, cầu tạnh (rain-praying, rain-thanking, and rain-stopping ceremonies)When there is drought or by the yearly custom at the start of the planting season: the Thái in Mộc Châu on the full moon of the second lunar month, the Black Lô Lô in the third lunar month, the Gia-rai in the fourth and fifth months
- Lễ cúng cơm mới của làng, bản (new-rice offering ceremony of the village, bản)After the harvest: the 9th and 10th lunar months; where two crops are grown, also around the 5th month
- Forest God and Water God offering ritual of the Hà Nhì peopleFirst lunar month in Lào Cai; second lunar month in Điện Biên
- Lễ cấp sắc (ordination rite) of the Dao peopleFrom the eleventh lunar month to the first lunar month
- Then ritual of the Tày, Nùng, Thái peoplesAccording to the household's needs; lẩu Then and Then Kin Pang in spring
- Mo Mường (funeral rites, vía-making)During funeral rites; the vía-making and kéo si ceremonies take place at the beginning of spring or when an elderly person is weak
- Lễ Xên bản (village offering ceremony), Xên mường (mường offering ceremony) of the Thái peopleSpring, from the end of the first lunar month to the third lunar month, depending on the place