Sunday 16 October 2011

Tradition : A religious precept day

A religion precept day or “Jue”
A religion day or karma day of Lisu, will have every 15 day. The people in the village they will count the date, month and year follow the Chinese calendar. The religion precept day is full moon and moonless. The religion leader will announce to the people in the village before has the ceremonial one day. In this day the people in the village can not use sharp like a knife, an ax, a spade. This day the villager can not go to work in the farm also.On this day the villager do not kill pig, chicken or a living thing. A religion precept day the villager stops to work one day, stay in the house and family. For a women, sew the clothes and a men go to the forest to find the stuff or do a little thing in the house.       

To do.
In each area, the way of living and the believe not all the same because from an ancestor to generation. The thing that the villager to do in the believe or ceremony especially the religious precept day is very important. Every family must to break off work to give a merit and offering food and make a ceremony for give worship by Lisu believe so the Lisu break off their works and to be at home to take a merit.
Warn and to practice.
1. Could not work outside the village.
2. Not kill the animal in the religious precept day.
3. Not said bad things and not propitious.
4. No alcohols in the religious precept because if drink alcohols in this day will get a sick easier.
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