Kosi is a festival of the Lisu people. It is held in all villages. It is usually held from the fifth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar to the tenth day of the first month of the following year, and lasts for about a month.
The purpose of the festival is summarized as four: one is to worship heaven and earth and pray for blessings; the second is to worship ancestors and pray for blessings; the third is to seek the protection of Dagamma (tripod) to drive away the gods and ghosts of heaven and earth; the fourth is to pray for the sky and the earth in the new year, the wind and the rain are smooth and the grains are plentiful. This is the origin of the festival.
Prior to the festival, Lisu people slaughter pigs and sheep, brewing water wine, good corn rake rake, gift each other, depending on the new year to seek food and clothing. The young people in the village Zhai field tie colorful door, surrounded by the activities of the field. On the morning of the festival, each family first picked pine branches and leaves, spread in the house, inserted in the doorway, for good luck. Then, people dressed in holiday attire gathered in the village belonging to the public **** place, presided over by the priest Biba, held in addition to the old to welcome the new ceremony.
The ceremony began, a pine tree planted in the center of the lawn, the branches of the tree hanging crossbow arrows and girls carefully embroidered and woven ribbons of clothing. Under the tree put a large bucket full of buckwheat, surrounded by 12 small buckwheat buckwheat, 12 altars of new wine, to symbolize the year December. Biba stood in the center, reciting the history of the nation and wishing for a prosperous new year.
Then, Bi Chua with 12 pairs of young men and women to play the gourd sheng, singing joyful songs, to the forest to carry 12 small pine trees, planted in the 12 small buckwheat next to the meant to take back the auspicious New Year. Followed by 12 altars of buckwheat wine poured to everyone to drink, and began shooting crossbows, dancing, singing and swinging activities.