Watch the Lu people in Lai Chau perform a buffalo soul worship ceremony

The buffalo soul worshiping ceremony contributes to preserving and promoting traditional cultural values, while demonstrating the humanistic values ​​in the production labor of the Lu people in Lai Chau .

The buffalo spirit ritual of the Lu people shows gratitude to the "buffaloes" who have been with the people in production labor.

The above ritual usually takes place at the time of preparation for the new crop season.

To prepare for the ceremony, the shaman and village elders held a meeting to count the number of households raising buffaloes, from which they concluded the number of buffaloes present at the festival.

When the auspicious time comes, following the shaman, people will bring the buffalo into the festival area to perform the ritual.

People "dress up" the buffaloes to participate in the ceremony.

When the buffaloes are brought into the designated area, the shamans perform a ceremony for each one in turn.

The buffaloes will be fed a portion of the offerings by the celebrant after the ceremony.

A buffalo has completed the "Su Khon Khoai" ceremony.

The shamans perform a wrist-tying ceremony for the buffalo owners, which is like a blessing and good luck for each family with a buffalo participating.

The buffalo owner's happiness when attending the ceremony.

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