The wedding ceremony of the Red Dao people in Vien Son commune does not have a drum, gongs and panes like the wedding of the Dao people in other localities but it is very profound and meaningful.
Van Yen district has 27 communes and towns, including 11 ethnic groups living together, each ethnic group has its own unique and special cultural features. Particularly, the Red Dzao ethnic people live in concentration along the strip of land through the Con Voi mountain range and the Red River to the western communes of the district such as Phong Du, Xuan Tam, Vien Son, Dai Son and Mo Vang. In particular, the wedding of the Red Dao people in Vien Son is very unique and has a profound meaning.
Van Yen district has 27 communes and towns, including 11 ethnic groups living together, each ethnic group has its own unique and special cultural features. Particularly, the Red Dzao ethnic people live in concentration along the strip of land through the Con Voi mountain range and the Red River to the western communes of the district such as Phong Du, Xuan Tam, Vien Son, Dai Son and Mo Vang. In particular, the wedding of the Red Dao people in Vien Son is very unique and has a profound meaning.
At the Red Dao wedding in Vien Son, most women in traditional costumes attend the wedding ceremony and help the family. During the wedding, the bride featured a costume consisting of a scarf, a hood covered with colorful fringes and elaborate brocade embroidery lines. On the dress of the bride, necessarily silver and many colors such as red show the brilliant dawn, people always towards the sun; Green is the mountain of the forest where people live; The white color represents the purity and faithfulness of the girl.
To get a traditional costume on the wedding day, the bride's family must prepare for 4 to 5 months. The hat of the Red Dao bride is a unique work of color, showing the sophistication in each unique embroidery brocade pattern. On the way to the bride's house, the bride has to cover her face, because the Red Dao concept not to let the sun shine on the bride's face for fear of losing her, the bride will be unlucky in later life.
The wedding ceremony of the Red Dao people in Vien Son commune does not have a drum, gongs and panes like the wedding of the Dao people in other localities but it is very profound and meaningful. All major ceremonies are held at the groom's house, while at the bride's house before the bride is only made a simple ceremony and family meal. In order for the wedding to take place completely, the groom and the bride's family had previously discussed and agreed on a beautiful day and time to take and welcome the bride to be imported (imported) to the groom's family. Before the wedding, the bride's family conducted ancestral worship to ask for cutting the nails (to transfer the password) to her daughter before going to her husband's house.
During the ceremony, it is noticeable and also the difference of the Red Dao people in Vien Son commune is that the groom will not go to the bride's house to receive the bride, but the bride and the girls' union, in which Mr. Fu (aka Mr. termite) As a leader, he will come to the boy's house.
Accompanying the bride are 6 young bridesmaids who are unmarried young girls; in it, there was a bridesmaid who always went first and led the bride's hand over a scarf; When traveling, the bridesmaid tasked to cover the bride's umbrella and assist the bride during the ceremony from the bride's family to the groom's house. The bride, before walking through the door with the delegation to the boys' family, has to turn her head to look at the house 3 times as a thanks to ancestors, parents who were born and nurtured.
Arriving at the boys' house, the bride's bride's delegation had to stop at the alley to wait for good hours and had to step through the fire, the boys sent their representatives including the boss to invite tea, water, medicine.
At the good time, the bride owner welcomes the bride to the house of worshiping the ancestors to perform the ceremony of entering the nails, reporting to the ancestors, from now on the family has one more nail; We hope that our ancestors will accept and import more into the family, helping the couple to be healthy, not sick and sick, to have smart, talented children, and do rich and prosperous business ...
The marriage ceremony takes place immediately after the ancestor worship, this is an important ritual to recognize the couple officially becoming husband and wife. In front of the ancestor altar, in turn the rituals of the marriage ceremony are performed by the owner. The owner marries two bowls of wine and then crosses his hand to give the bride and groom one cup each - this procedure is repeated twice (red silk ceremony) with the meaning of finishing this glass of wine, two people will be drunk. Lifelong, happy life to the top of silver teeth.
After that, the bride prayed to the ancestor three times, bowed to her parents-in-law and was taken to the kitchen to cook, then scooped water into the calf pots to invite Mr. Fu, his father, his parents, his husband's family to wash his face. When washing the face, the owner of the marriage and the husband's family give money to the bride to get lucky as well as wish the couple a hundred years of happiness ... From this moment, the girl has officially become a member of the husband's family. After the ritual was over, the groom's family invited the bride and the village's relatives and relatives to drink and congratulate the young couple.
According to the customs of the Red Dao in Vien Son commune, immediately after the wedding, the young couple went up the hill to plant cinnamon on a piece of land divided by dowry parents to do as dowry to create a new and responsible life. maintain and develop the tradition of growing cinnamon trees of the Dao people. After a month of marriage, the Red Dao bride was able to visit her birth parents. If there is a compulsion to leave, you must only stay at the right of the house and not enter the house.
The traditional wedding ceremony of the Red Dao people in Vien Son commune, Van Yen district not only contained and converged many unique cultural features, but also brought a deep humanity value as a sincere respect for the ancestors, showing the moral of drinking. The country remembers the source and respects the cultural identity of the nation - It is also a way that the Dao people show solidarity and solidarity to overcome difficulties and challenges to join hands to build family life, build a village more and more prosperous and happy
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