What kind of sacrificial activities is the "Bobo Festival" of the Tu people?

Bobo will be a traditional folk activity of Turks. Many Tu villages in Huzhu County, Qinghai Province hold "Bobo Fair" on February 2nd, March 3rd and April 8th of the lunar calendar. Up to now, the annual wave will still be full of incense and drums. It's Bobo Turkish, which means the Dojo of the mage. Commonly known as the god of dance.

The Tu people in Huzhu County, Qinghai Province not only believe in Tibetan Buddhism, but also believe in the gods directly introduced from the Han nationality. Every year, the temple dedicated to the gods will hold sacrificial activities to worship the gods. In some places, there are no fixed temples, and tents and temples are also used for worship. Then Bo will be invited to become a Dojo. The main ceremonies of Bobo Market include raising ribbons, dancing gods, evoking spirits, playing ribbons and divination. A flagpole with a height of 10 m and a height of 60 cm stands in front of the temple, which means that there are 18 flagpoles in 33 days.

Long banners and lines cut and pasted with yellow watches and colored paper are hung on the club head and the ground. Two sharp teeth passed through the top of the ribbon, and each tooth poked a big steamed bread. Because the end of the towing cable is tied with "five grains eggs", which are packed with five grains, red dates, peanuts, fruit candy, coins and so on. The climax of "Bobo Conference" is the last day. During the Dojo, all offerings were taken to the square to burn mulberry, burn incense, light lamps, kowtow and pray.

Then the exorcist's foreman and other wizards followed. Holding Buddha drums, wearing vestments and crowns, they beat drums together, shouted prayers, turned right for Zuo Zongqin, walked back and forth and did various actions. Mages usually dance for two or three hours. Later, the exorcist tried to summon the gods by hooking a small porcelain bottle, which meant hooking a boy's soul to worship the gods. Therefore, in Bobo Festival, people will give the boy a small red cloth bag filled with garlic, five-color grains and five-color cloth strips to avoid catching his soul.

When the banner was displayed, the crowd gathered to grab "grain and eggs" and steamed bread with sticks. The person who gets steamed bread will be the "number one scholar" in life, and the person who gets "five grains and eggs" can avoid disaster. People also tore up some banners for children to use when fighting evil.