Colorful Indian culture
On the land of about/kloc-0.797 million square kilometers in South America, there are magnificent Amazon River and towering Andes. There are mysterious virgin forests, drooping palm trees and golden beaches along the tropical coast. There are modern cities that have risen rapidly, and Indian culture that has not changed after vicissitudes.
Cultural customs with simple rhythm
The ancestors of the Indians left no words for their descendants, but the language was rich and wonderful. Indians have more than 200 languages, and their history is passed down from mouth to mouth. Every tribe has at least one "storyteller". The Story Club is not only a true chronicle of people's history, but also promotes good and suppresses evil, giving people historical education. They love nature and worship the sun, mountains, rivers, lakes and oceans that bless mankind. Even some Indian tribes use strange words such as "morning star", "eagle wing" and "mountain" as their names.
Indian music is not only sung for sacrifices, celebrations and tribal festivals, but also has different musical instruments. For example, the Cherokee nationality, 20 kilometers away from Gulupa town, has become a part of the world music with their warm and cheerful drums and flutes.
Dance is also a traditional entertainment for Indians. They either triumphed because of victory or because of harvest, and the family sat around the bonfire, singing and dancing. Besides improvisation, there is usually a theme. Singers write their own songs and sing them themselves, and everyone agrees. Most of the lyrics are about thanking noble gods and leaders, praising mountains, the sun, rain, lightning and thunder, or praying for God's blessing and so on.
Gorgeous and wonderful clothes
Indian costume art mainly comes from nature. The pattern of clothing shows the worship and symbol of the tribe, which is extremely exquisite. The costume patterns of Alaska Indian tribes include lifelike fish, animals and birds, especially the vivid images of blue whales. The most striking things are Indian shawls and blankets. Although the handwork looks rough, its pattern is unique. Not only are the colors unique, but the patterns also show a strong flavor of life, such as the images of antelope and sika deer.
Masks and tattoos are strong cultural and artistic expressions of Indians. Most of the masks made in the early days show gods or evil beasts. Each mask has a story background and usually appears in dance or battle. Tattoos of Indian Siri women living in the Santa Taran Valley are considered as a rare culture. The purpose of their tattoos is to get happiness and love. The cross pattern is to ward off evil spirits; The humanoid pattern represents the brilliant beauty like a diamond; Only four colors, black, blue, red and white, are used for textured surfaces. Married women can only use blue and white, men can use black and red, and unmarried women can also wear floral patterns. If a young woman has crow's feet on her cheeks, she is mature.
The ornaments worn by Indians advocate primitive style, and the raw materials are mainly shells and precious stones given by mountains and seas. At first, Indians wore ornaments to eliminate evil spirits or show differences in identity. Later, it gradually evolved into a decoration of life and a love of beauty. Now some ornaments have become the national emblems or symbols of some Indian tribes.
Rich and romantic life.
Indians living in the Amazon basin are poor and hardworking. Many people work hard for two meals a day, but they are naturally optimistic and carefree, so life is full of romantic interest.
When the sun is at its strongest, Indians put pieces of animal meat or tortillas coated with salt on flat and smooth stones. Before long, the food was cooked and fragrant. This is the most primitive cooking method used by Manaus Indians. They also weave watertight baskets with reeds or cattails, put fish and other foods in the baskets, support them with wooden sticks, and simmer them with low fire to make delicious stews, stews and fish soup.
Indians maintain a pious rite of passage. For example, on the birthday of 16, the boy of Krieger must be branded with two black rings on his cheek by the tribal master of ceremonies, which is called "Oumaridu" in language. Of course, only when boys have learned the skills of hunting, building houses and swimming can they be qualified to be branded with "Oumaridu" on their cheeks with a red-hot pipe by the master of ceremonies.
What is more interesting in life is the traditional competitive activities of Indians, and "fighting" is one of them. Before the competition, the contestants painted various colors on their bodies, tied cloth belts on their waists and arms, and then shouted "Gladiator, Gladiator" and jumped into the arena.
Unique and interesting religious beliefs
Indians in San Antonio attach great importance to their national beliefs and customs. For example, in marriage and childbirth, pregnant women are not allowed to give birth at home, but to build another hut in the Woods and make a fire, and the birth mother will deliver the baby, and the husband is not allowed to get close. A woman gives birth to a child not on her stomach, but on her knees. If the baby is a girl, she will be engaged in a few months and move to her husband's house at the age of seven, but she can't live together. After the first period, she moved back to her parents' house and lived alone for a month. Then her husband took her to the river to take a bath and got married. After this strange wedding, the girl went back to the village to sing and dance with her relatives.
There are many beliefs and customs in Indian funerals, even creepy. During the Day of the Dead, Indians will cut off a thick trunk and put it in the center of the village square, scrape off a section of bark with a knife, draw patterns on the exposed part, then wrap a lot of red, white and gray lines and insert a few bright feathers at the top of the trunk. Every tree trunk symbolizes a dead person. After dusk, a bonfire was lit, and the wizard jumped around the fire and recited scriptures. Relatives of the deceased cried in front of the trunk until dawn the next day.
The ritual activity of the ice god is one of the most important religious ceremonies for Indians in the Amazon basin in a year. This festival will last for several days. The Indians who participated in the activity were all dressed up as half-man, half-beast (descendants of the legendary male bear and Indian woman), and were called "Wukuku". These Indians wore thick fur hoods with only two eyes exposed and alpaca skins. He waved his whip and slapped him in the air. When the weather was coldest, "Ukuku" began to attack the boundless ice peak. The only thing they want is to climb up and take off the ice on the ice peak, which is the heart of the ice god. Of course, on the ice peak, they also have to carry heavy ice cubes down the road that acrobats can walk. On this day, hundreds of kilograms of ice were transported from the top of the mountain by "Ukuku" and placed on an altar of a huge rock to worship the ancestors of Indians. They are sure that this ice can cure all diseases.
Every year, on the "winter solstice", Indians hold a ceremony to worship the sun god. When offering sacrifices to the sun god, dance the sun. For them, the sun dance is a kind of sacrificial prayer. Once the sun was shining, under the hint of the priest, everyone cheered and started the prelude to the sacrifice. The dancer took off her coat, wearing only red shorts, and wearing a garland woven by Gujia leaves on her head, surrounded by an altar made of cow's head bones and hot stones. In the center of the field, stands a cotton trunk, a holy tree. This sacred tree is a new, sunny and strong tree specially discovered by the indigenous elders among cotton trees. At the beginning of the sacrifice, the singers beat drums and sang, "Almighty God has mercy on me!" " Dancers dance to the beat of drums. They danced and stared at the bright sun with wide eyes. It lasted three days in a row. The fourth day is the most sacred. When an eagle was flying in the sky, the dancers lay under the holy tree one after another. At this time, the priest knelt beside them, leaned over and poked their chest muscles with a sharp knife, and suddenly he was bleeding profusely. The priest pierced the wound with another piece of wood. Tie a piece of raw cowhide at the end of the wooden strip, and then tie the raw cowhide to the holy tree. At this time, the girls attending the ceremony will cry and sing "praise you, brave heart!" "The hymn.