Forest worshiping ceremony

The worshiping ceremony of the Pu Peo people in Ha Giang Time: 6/6 lunar calendar The Pu Peo is a ethnic group only living in Ha Giang province, often living in Pho commune is in Dong Van district. Although the population is not crowded, the Pu Peo people have a diverse national identity, they have reserved a lot of good traditional cultures. Every year, in addition to the Lunar New Year, forest worshiping is also a very important holiday for Pu Peo people. On the 6th day of the 6th lunar month every year, the Pu Peo people go anywhere, they will return to their homeland to meet with their families and villages on the day of the forest god. The ceremony also takes place in a forbidden forest - the sacred forest at the beginning of the village, the priest will be on behalf of the people in the respectful face to face a large tree trunk in the forest, then he knelt 4 heavenly, 8 land 2 times, each 3 times to pray for the forest god, the water god will protect the people of the village. The Pu Peo people have the notion that keeping the forest is to hold the source of water, the god of water is the forest god!? Therefore, on Tet holiday, boys and girls in Pu Peo village will go to the stream of gold and silver water to go home to get lucky. The worshiping ceremony will be displayed on the forest banana or banana leaves, the altar is usually built from green bamboo trees, about 2 meters high, facing the high mountain. The square rice is crushed, shaped into a cake, chopped and displayed very carefully in the round. Many pieces of rice will be arranged in a very neatly row on fresh banana leaves, (each handful of rice is to symbolize a god, the Pu Peo has a polygamy belief, heaven, forest, soil, stream, wind ...) on each rice ball, there is a piece of boiled chicken eggs (boiled chicken eggs must be peeled and chopped into pieces). At the foot of the altar is made of fresh bamboo tree, lined with banana leaves is still green, two chickens are still alive, each chicken is tied with a rope, the rope is plugged into a pile. The surrounding will place a bottle of wine and a few cups. Near the altar there is another pile, a goat tied to this pile, the goat is still alive and often black -haired goats. The worshiping ceremony is often long for a few hours, the priest holds a fresh bamboo branch, still leaves, waving around during the ceremony. Sometimes he held a dry fruit again. The worshiping songs are the respect of the people of Pu Peo for the forest god, heaven, earth ... and also an invitation to the gods to witness the worshiping ceremony, enjoy chicken offerings, goat meat and protect the villagers, for them to be healthy, to rain and wind, and crop. Bridge for the forest is getting greener to protect people. People in the village also swear before the forest god that will preserve the forest very well, who hunting or cutting trees in the forest is a violation with the promise and will be punished by the forest god. The forest is lush, the sky and earth harmonize, protecting the life of the people. Rain does not cause floods, sunshine does not cause drought, thunder storms are not deadly. The worshiping ceremony is divided into 3 stages, the first part of the chicken and the female goat is still alive; Paragraph two, these two animals were cut by young people; And finally the festival to end the ceremony, everyone will eat together at the place of worship. Families who do not attend, are divided into the part, carving people bring home to home. Those who are present at the festival must eat all the meat, drink all the wine right on the green lawn at the edge of the forest to pray for luck.    The life of the Pu Peo has so many generations have been attached to the forest. The people here have a very clear concept, they only worship the ancestors of their home, and their ancestors before those 5 generations, they often stay in the forest, living in large banyan trees. Therefore, the religion of the worship to keep the forest, the worship of the god, with that Pu Peo is also the ancestor of Ho. Within 1 day, with the jubilant and united atmosphere of the people's festivals in the commune, the ceremony took place seriously, ensuring that the other things, the worshiping ceremony of the Pu Peo's forest also had a reciprocal singing program, dancing traditional folk songs, fate ...