Drinking alcohol with buffalo horn - a special feature in the Cu Te Tet holiday of La Chi people

Drinking alcohol by buffalo horn is a special cultural feature of the La Chi people, handed down from generations to the occasion of festivals, New Year or worship, is an indispensable ritual in Cu Cu New Year of the Cu Chi people. , usually takes place during the seventh lunar month. In today's life with strong cultural exchanges, La Chi people still retain their traditional cultural characteristics.
The La Chi community in Ha Giang currently has about 12,000 people, distributed in the districts of Hoang Su Phi, Quang Binh, Bac Quang and Xin Man. Previously, La Chi people often used buffalo horns instead of cups and glasses to drink alcohol, since every time they worship their ancestors or other offerings, they always use buffalo horn to store and drink wine, the ancestors in the afterlife. just received. So whenever a man in La Chi's house has a man who dies, they dissect a buffalo to divide him into the underworld with a plow to plow the field. When buffalo surgery, they often take the first part of the buffalo to worship, then the buffalo horns are elaborately cut and hung on the altar. Therefore, the house with many buffalo horns is a family-class family. On New Year, families wash buffalo horns with alcohol to clean, then pour wine to drink. In ancestor worshiping ceremonies, the ancestor also always drinks with the buffalo horn,
Understanding the role and meaning of buffalo horn in the Cu Chi Tet holiday tray of the La Chi people, Mr. Lau Chin, a worshiper of the Lau family in Ban Diu commune (Xin Man), said: The buffalo horn is the object Very sacred of the La Chi people, which connects the descendants with their ancestors such as: Instead of inviting the ancestors to gather with their descendants on holidays and Tet holidays, help their children send a message to their ancestors that "during the seventh month of the lunar calendar, you must not wander, do not go begging, but gather around your children and grandchildren on holidays and New Year" ... There are some buffalo horns, which means that the family will worship you for 3 generations. Depending on the lineages in the village, the largest house has 5 to 6 buffalo horns, at least 3 horns. So the buffalo horns on the altar of the La Chi people are only used to drink alcohol when making offerings to,

Currently, drinking alcohol by buffalo horn of La Chi people has caused curiosity and attracts many domestic and foreign tourists to come and learn and experience. So whenever buffalo dissected for sale without sacrifices, La Chi people often cut their horns to smooth and keep as gifts, exchange ... At the same time to display, introduce and promote the characteristics of the people. Your ethnic group comes to other ethnic groups at the local homestay service. Mr. Nguyen Van Thang, a visitor from Hanoi shared: For the first time, I went to Ban Phung commune (Hoang Su Phi) to admire the majestic beauty and human identity here. Fortunately, on the occasion of the seventh lunar month, to experience the Cu Te New Year of the La Chi people, I drank alcohol with buffalo horn, feeling very delicious and known to the La Chi people that only invited guests are invited. buffalo horn wine,

The Cu Te Tet holiday of La Chi people is usually celebrated from 1.7 to 15.7 of the lunar calendar every year, on the occasion when the rice and maize plants are green in the fields. Tet holiday in Cu Te means praying to the ancestors to bless the corn and the rice is full of people; buffaloes and cows are full of barns, good fat; healthy descendants, happy families, warm villages ...

Mr. Vuong Xuan Phu, Chairman of Ban Diu National Fatherland Front Committee (Xin Man) said: Drinking wine with buffalo horn of La Chi people is a cultural tradition handed down from ancient times of La Chi people. One of the indispensable rituals in ancestor worship or worshiping, especially in the Cu Te New Year Festival ... needs to be preserved and promoted such traditional cultural features and at the same time know how to promote, introduce to the ethnic groups at home and abroad, not to be corrupted and abused.