The darting of bulls is an essential item for the Wa to hold traditional religious ceremonies, which is a form of expression of religious totems. Whenever there are major festivals and rituals, the Wa will hold the darting of the ox. The cow is the lucky symbol of the Wa, and the offering of the cow's head expresses the devotion to the gods. The darting of cows and the offering of cow's head are the traditional ritual activities of the Wa people to pray for a peaceful life, good luck, happiness and well-being.
In the areas where the Wa people live, every Wa village has a square for gathering and worshiping, singing and dancing, and the darting of oxen is held in the square of the Wa village.
The cattle-darting ceremony is both solemn and mysterious. The buffaloes used are selected and are strong black bulls. Firstly, the Wa people worship the color black, and secondly, the head of the buffalo must be used for the ritual. In their view, the big horned bull's head is a sacred thing, a symbol of wealth and status, and an offering to the gods.
At the beginning of the hitching ceremony, the low and mournful cow horn is played and the big wooden drum is struck. The deputy dartman leads the Wa men to bring the two cows to the front of the cow pile and tie them with a rope, and then skillfully cooperate with each other to throw the rope to coax the cows, not only to bolt the cows' hooves with the rope, but also to avoid it to prevent being kicked by the cows. Then, the host announced, "Please ask the head of the dart player to grant dart gun".
The dart cow hand in the magic bar under the leadership of the front, accept the dart gun and toast, the left hand dart gun, the right hand cup drink dry toast, in the magic bar under the leadership of the dart cow back to the dart field, the gongs and drums singing and dancing team more enthusiastically banging the gongs and drums, carrying songs and dances. Immediately after, the host announced "please headman to dart player dart gun", dart cow player in the magic bar under the leadership of the front, accept the dart gun and toast, the left hand dart gun, the right hand with a cup to drink toast, under the leadership of the magic bar back to the dart cow field, the gongs and drums song and dance team even more enthusiastically banging the drums and songs and dances.
When the host announced that "the darting of the bull to worship Sigangli begins", the Wa people blew the horn of the bull and beat the big wooden drum. The deputy dartman leads the Wa men to bring the cow to the cowpile and tie it up with a rope, and the Mooba, two strong men with long swords, the dartman, the Wa girls carrying wine pots and cups, and the gongs and drums singing and dancing teams enter from the designated place with gongs and drums beating.