Strange customs
Smoking has been popular in most parts of the world for a long time. After smoking has been integrated into people's daily lives, it has been reflected in many aspects. Among them, the combination of smoking customs and marriage customs is interesting. Many ethnic groups in the world and many ethnic minorities in our country have colorful customs of using tobacco skillfully in love. They can be seen in romantic conversations, or in engagement rituals. They are full of elegance and variety.
Our country's tobacco customs are part of national culture. Tobacco and customs are displayed in front of our eyes as the etiquette, weddings, funerals, ethics and many other customs of our various ethnic groups. They exude extraordinary brilliance in their respective environments, demonstrating the cohesion and creative spirit of the entire Chinese nation.
Cigar marriage proposal In some parts of today's Netherlands, cigars are used as a vehicle to facilitate marriage. After the young man fell in love with a certain girl, he brought a cigar to her house and knocked on the door. The girl gave him a light, and then knocked on the door for the second time. If the person who opened the door was the girl's parents, it meant that the girl had a crush on him and had a discussion with her parents. After that, he invited her into the house for an in-depth conversation. If it succeeded, the marriage would be certain. If no one opens the door at the second time, it means that the girl has declined him.
Cigarette winding is fixed for life. The Heni people in India are engaged and married. If a man falls in love with a girl, he will bring a bag of tobacco and come to the girl's house. After chatting with her for a while, he will hand the tobacco to her and do the housework himself. The girl will sit quietly aside, observe her performance, and decide whether to agree based on the appearance of wrapping silk thread on a homemade cigarette. Blue means love at first sight, white means wait and see, red means rejection, and if a strand of girl's own hair is wrapped around the cigarette, it means that you are willing to commit yourself to it. If the man wants to know whether the girl has agreed to the marriage, he can only look at the color of the winding thread.
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Cigarette mark When young men and women of the Qin ethnic group in Myanmar are dating, the girl uses the mark on the cigarette to implicitly express her feelings to the visiting young man.
There are more than a dozen common marks: (1) For ordinary customers, cigarettes are rolled with white paper and wrapped in white thread.
(2) Wrap the cigarette with white line to show that you are too young to be suitable for me.
(3) Wrap three circles of white lines to mean that you have a woman and I can't talk to you anymore.
(4) Wrap it with green thread to show that I want to be close to you.
(5) Use the yellow line to show that I miss you very much.
(6) Use a red line to express that I hate you.
(7) Use dotted lines to indicate that I am having my period.
(8) Use a black line to show that I don't love you and I am sad.
(9) Use the blue line to indicate that you come and I can see you.
(10) Wrap your hair around it to mean that you can go out with me anytime, or that I would like to see you alone.
(11) Fold a corner of the paper inward first and then outward again to show that I have love for you and it is difficult for me to open my mouth.
(12) One side of the cigarette paper is folded inward to show that I love you like life.
If an Indian boy in Suriname likes a girl, he will tell his parents, and the parents will choose an auspicious day to visit the woman's house with exquisite cigars. If the girl's father readily accepts, the marriage will be completed. If you don't accept it, the marriage will fall through.
After Wen Yan Yao youth fell in love through the song, they said that the matchmaker was engaged. When matchmaking, the man's family often asks the matchmaker to send tobacco leaves to the woman's home to show his proposal. If the woman accepts the tobacco leaves, she agrees to the marriage; otherwise, she refuses.
The marriages of the Yao people living in the estuary of Guangxi are arranged by their parents. Parents often secretly find candidates for their sons. Once you discover a girl you like, you go to the woman's home to meet her parents. When you meet, you must first hand over a pot of cigarettes before proposing the marriage. Otherwise, the woman's parents will ignore it. They call it a "face-to-face kiss".
Finding a partner for young people of Huayao Yi people in Yunnan who smoke relatives is conducted through song pairs, which are generally conducted in the men's village. When a boy cannot defeat a girl, he can ask for help from an elderly singer, while the girl must rely on her true skills. No matter which party loses, buy gifts for the other party. If the man loses, he buys silverware decorations and presents them to the woman; if the woman loses, he buys cigarettes and presents them to the man. The local area calls this a "smoking kiss".
Tobacco road sign Miao men and women in eastern Guizhou like to date in the woods. To prevent interference from others, hang a cigarette pouch on the surrounding branches, or tie a simple geometric figure made of tobacco leaves in a conspicuous place to remind others to take a detour or other couples to choose another place.
When Yan Tong and other grooms hold a wedding ceremony, the man must be accompanied by a matchmaker and two accompanying men to the woman's home to welcome the bride. At this time, the bride used a stool to set up a chimney and fireworks on the way to the groom's arrival. After seeing these, the man would immediately stop and wait for the woman to send a matchmaker and two bridesmaids to welcome him, and be ready to sing with the bride here. Prepare to sing.
When young Wa men pack cigarettes and light cigarettes, they usually smoke while talking. If you have any affection for the girl, you will sing a tune and ask the girl to fill and light cigarettes for her to test whether she also has affection. If the girl thinks he is the right person, she will find an excuse to fill up cigarettes and light them up.
Moreover, among some Wa compatriots in the southwest border, there is a custom of using a cigarette bag to indicate that a girl comes of age. When young men and women interact, if a girl lights a cigarette to a young man, it will express her gratitude. In addition, at the wedding banquet of the Lahu people, people see guests gathering together to taste their own dry tobacco, pine seeds and other foods. There are also the Hani people's huotang smoke transmission, the De 'ang people's cigarette boxes and tobacco transmission, and the Bama Yao people's love for tobacco, etc., which are unique and countless to mention.