The Foul Funeral Clan of White Pants: Cattle-killing and Funeral
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is a branch of the shao clan and is known for the fact that men wear white pants with knees.
the population is estimated to be 30,000 people, mainly concentrated in the eight-year-olds of nandan county, lihu-shu commune in the north-west of guangzhou, and in zhou-yang district of pipo district, guizhou province.
white crotch is considered by the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (unesco) to be the most complete people in the national culture, known as “the living fossil of human civilization”.
the practice of funerals is particularly unique in the light of the pompousness of the people in white pants.
cow chops, copper drums and old monkey dances are rituals for the funeral of the deceased.
the whole funeral was sad and quiet.
the ceremony was solemnized.
the traditional practice of mourning in white pants is not merely an expression of the memory of the deceased by the survivors, but a common ancestor.
the day before the burial of the cattle, the drums of copper were to “open the way” for the dead, so that more people could hear the drums and come to the funeral automatically.
cattle cutting is buried with respect and piety for the elderly in the eyes of white pants.
they see cattle as the fruit of entrepreneurship and should accompany them.
when cattle were cut, relatives and friends of the quartet came to this solemn ceremony.
before chopping a cow, fix a wooden stake about 2 metres high, and put a bamboo ring over the stake, and then tie it with an iron ring, so that the line can be attached to the defaming circle, so that the cow can rotate around the stake.
before they were cut off, the family of the deceased lined up on a male and female basis, and each of them fed to the cattle the grains in his hand, worshiping and crying.
finally, the wizards who conducted the cattle-cutting rituals, spread rice on the side, read the vocations of the ancestors, the experiences of the dead and the memories of the later generations.
after reading, the cow cutters took the machetes from their uncle and slashed them, tied them down and poured their blood into the wine they had prepared, then put it on bamboo and spilled it, to drummers, to relatives and friends, to people.
it's the white pants funeral custom