Chinese Name: 基诺族成人礼(成年节)
English Name: Coming-of-Age Ceremony (Chengnianjie) Festival of Jinuo Ethni Minority
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Chinese Name: 基诺族好希早节(新米节)
English Name: Haoxizao Festival of Jinuo Ethni Minority

Haoxizao Festival of Jinuo Ethnic Minority also called Axizao Festival, people celebrate this festival on Tiger’s Day (every 12 days will be a Tiger Day), on lunar month of August and September, the grain is just becoming ripped during this period, so people celebrate it for great harvest. “Haoxizao” is the transliteration from Jinuo Ethnic Minority’s language, it means “having new delicacy” or “Taste something new”. Before the festival, all the men from every household will gather together with the elder (called “Zhuoba” also called “Old Fire Head”, “Zhuosheng”, Old Buddha”) to discuss the sacrifice offering arrangements. First of all, the elder will offering sacrifice to the barn spirit, then taste the new rice, after that each household will start to celebrate the festival next day.

First step of offering sacrifice(Jiaoguhun/叫谷魂) to barn spirit is: a man carries a basket with a couple of chicken, and walk straight to the field, pick some flowers in the basket. After that, he shaking a delicate bamboo box which with silver bracelet and silver coin in it while singing. But he is not allowed to turn around all the way to the barn. Then he will put a bunch of straw with flowers in the forked road. Slaughter chicken and pig when gets home, then hang up the heads of chicken and pig in the gate of barn. That’s called slaughter offering to barn spirit(Jiguhun/祭谷魂).

After offering sacrifice to barn spirit, will have two persons to select some ripped and plump grain from their own rice filed to pestle new rice. Then cooking the new rice in the house of elder, all the family members are sitting around and observing which direction the steam will be burst up. It’s an original divination. Different directions have different meanings. East: the descendant will be prosperous in the future; South: the great harvest next year; West: hunting gains; North: the descendant will be not very well in health and with bad luck in the future. Offering sacrifice to barn soul, ancestors and ironsmith spirit with cooked chicken and a bowl of rice, the elder who host this sacrifice ceremony will recite the poem to pray for the peace and great harvest every year. Each family shall invite the elder people to have meal on the festival.

The relatives will be invited as well, if not available to come, a pack of new rice and a piece of chicken will be sent to their home. But nowadays, more and more people celebrate Haoxizao festival without the sacrifice but only with best wishes for great harvest.

Chinese Name:基诺族特懋克节(特毛切节)
English Name: Temaoke Festival of Jinuo Ethnic Minority in Jinghong, Xishuangbanna

The Te Mao Ke Festival is the most grand and significant festival of the Jino ethnic group. This festival does not have a fixed date and is generally celebrated in the twelfth lunar month. “Te Mao Ke” is a phrase in the Jino language, which literally means “to forge iron.” In earlier times, the Te Mao Ke Festival celebrated ironworking, honoring the creation and use of iron tools by the Jino people. Each year during the twelfth month, various Jino villages choose an auspicious date to ceremonially slaughter cattle and pigs to celebrate the occasion.

According to folk legend, when the Jino people were not yet using iron tools, there was a woman who was pregnant for an unusually long time without giving birth. After carrying the fetus for nine years and nine months, she finally delivered. As soon as the baby left the mother’s body, he transformed into a strong man, holding a hammer in his right hand and a pair of tongs in his left, preparing to forge iron in a workshop. From then on, the Jino people began to use iron knives, iron axes, and other iron tools. To commemorate this historic change, the Jino people celebrate the forging festival known as Te Mao Ke each year during the twelfth lunar month, allowing this festival to be passed down from ancient times to the present.

Although the Te Mao Ke Festival is a festival for the entire Jino community, the activities used to be organized at the village level, with the timing of the celebrations decided by the elders known as “Zhuoba.” However, the procedures and content of the festivities were generally similar across villages. Most villages would pool money to buy a cow, conduct a bull-catching activity, and offer bamboo rats to blacksmiths, culminating in collective activities such as dancing the grand drum dance at the home of the Zhuoba. In villages that did not hold the bull-catching activity, there would often be a cow slaughtered at the Zhuoba’s house and a pig slaughtered at the Dazhai’s house, followed by a communal feast and dancing.

In earlier celebrations of the Te Mao Ke Festival, all activities were arranged by the Zhuoba. On the morning of the festival, with great excitement, the Zhuoba would strike a large drum kept in his house, signaling the start of the celebrations. Upon hearing the “boom” of the drum, people would hurriedly change into festive attire and rush to the designated bull-catching grounds. Once the villagers gathered, the Zhuoba would approach the yellow cow that was to be killed with a spear and recite traditional bull-catching verses, directing people in the activity. A group of men holding bamboo spears would take turns throwing their spears at the tightly bound yellow cow until a spear pierced its body and blood flowed out. Only then would they retrieve their spears to slaughter the cow, skin it, and distribute the meat.

When dividing the meat, the first step is to cut seven portions for the seven elders in the village, known as the “Seven Old Ones,” which include Zhuoba, Banuo, Zhuose, Senuo, Kebu, Buno, and Nainu. The remaining meat would then be evenly distributed among the households based on the amount each household contributed. On this day, each household would also prepare a chicken or collaborate to slaughter a pig, arranging a lavish feast. At noon, the male heads of households would bring their prepared wine, meat, and dishes to the Zhuoba’s house to participate in the worship of the grand drum. On the altar in front of the drum would be placed the hammer and tongs used by the blacksmith, along with items such as chicken feathers, ginger, taro, cockscomb flowers, and golden daisies. The Zhuoba, along with the seven elders, would take their seats in turn, while the Zhuoba recited the sacrificial words, striking the drum and leading the people in the grand drum dance, singing songs to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new one.

In the evening, the “Seven Old Ones” would visit each household in the village to offer their congratulations, having dinner together with each family. That night, all the men and women of the village would gather at the Zhuoba’s house to listen to singers perform farewell songs for the old year and welcoming songs for the new year. Young men and women would sing and dance near the Zhuoba’s bamboo house, enjoying themselves until dawn.

On the following day, villagers would send a bamboo rat to the blacksmith and accompany him and his apprentice to the home of Zhuose for a symbolic iron forging activity. The blacksmith and his apprentice would heat a piece of iron and hammer it, symbolizing the good forging of new knives and axes, preparing for the spring plowing. After this, people would engage in various cultural activities such as swinging, spinning tops, tossing bags, and walking on stilts or visiting friends in nearby villages, enjoying the festive celebrations.

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