Offering rites of the Trường Sơn and the Central Highlands cultural region
Culture and belief A record of custom.
The rites
- Lễ mừng lúa mới (new rice celebration) of the ethnic groups of Tây NguyênAfter the harvest
- 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
- Water-wharf offering ceremony of the Ê-đê peopleEnd of the twelfth lunar month, after harvest (Đắk Lắk); first lunar month (Ninh Tây, Khánh Hòa)
- Lễ bỏ mả (Pơ thi) of the Gia-rai and Ba-na peoplesOne to three years after burial or longer, in the rest season, usually three days