Then appears with the existence of the Tay, no one knows the ritual Then there ever. Folk artist Hoang Thi Cu - Vinh Yen commune, Bao Yen district tells us: The ceremony of making Then and singing Then has been from his father, 9 years old. Then ritual is a type of community cultural activities characterized spiritual and mystical, can express the type of folk performances from the art of language, visual arts, folk performing arts , art of music, performance, ... deeply attached to the spiritual life Tay people in Lao Cai province.

Then ritual is the phenomenon of human self hypnosis to put themselves into a special state of hallucinations and only in this state is considered human capable of communicating with god. However, not everyone has this ability, but only a few have the "extraordinary" capacity to take on the function of communicating with the divine. They are then Then, Mrs. Then as the protagonist in Then performance ceremony. At present, the Tay people in Lao Cai are still maintained and exist, but there are some special ceremonies such as Pang luong ceremony of Tay people in Lao Cai have been lost, only Nghi Then Then small, Then called, Then .... exist in the district of Van Ban, Bao Yen, Bao Thang, Sa Pa, Lao Cai City. The Th Then ritual exists today by the belief of the Tay and the power of the Masters and the divinity of the gods, and the Then and the Then also reflect many of the characteristic nature of Tay culture. Then there are many but mainly due to sick people to take medication without cure. Tay people usually organize the first day of the year, the beginning of spring to pray, fortune and health for family members. Then of the Tay contains the elements Sha manly. Both of these forms are ritualistic performing arts including singing, music, dancing, costumes with two main forms: "escape" and "enter soul" towards the goal of healing, except the dangers, prayers, blessings ... Generally, both types of rituals arise because of the desire to live a peaceful and good life. In addition, it meets the need to enjoy the art culture and spirituality of belief in the daily lives of these folk beliefs. Mr. Then then took charge of the middle of the world and the divine world, between the living and the dead, who had extraordinary "special abilities".

Tay people in Lao Cai have two worlds of practice as Mr. Then, the first is Mr. Then, the second is Mrs. Then. Basically, the contents of the Tà's ancient verse when he or she sing are the same, the way to organize each step (the same ceremony as call the soul hunting) is the same. Whether Mr. Then or Mrs. Then have the same rights, who is invited to work to help his family is very fortunate, that person is good teacher, well known and invited to help many people. homeowners. In Then Then divided into different levels of the master: the Tay divided into two types: one is teacher (he may or may be her) is the practice of doing Then use the props is the fan and the bells of the music, and they also wear red, yellow or blue dresses. The Tay people in Lao Cai also called them the fanboy. The main function of the Buddha as a healer, healer, low level (in case of sick or minor illness). Ceremonies and offerings during the organization of the Buddha is simple. Then the Buddha's words are long and go round because the Buddha's negative number is less then Then use the fetus. The second is Mr. The Pipes. Then Then use the pipe temperament Master Thay at a higher level, he has the power to regulate many soldiers in the process of finding the soul, healing, healing of serious illness, ... Every acute is a test to higher rank, more prestigious in Then village and in the eyes of the village community in particular and the Tay in general. The first time is to issue certificates to practice. The next level is dignitaries. And then the highest level of Then called the Grace Ceremony, the Lao Cai Lao called Pang luong. When He wanted to level up to become a higher teacher, the ceremony "Pang luong". Previously, Pang luong ceremony took place several times once the capacity of the Then master. The ceremony is the offerings to the gods of the natural gods, the Assembly is fun, baking, weak singing, praise, eating, prostration. The festival takes place within a family of Mr. Then, with many participants such as: invited the teacher in the area to attend, Quan, Vegetarian, Nang, Mo village, Mo Duong district, officials of families, neighbors, brothers, neighbors, adoptions, and a kitchen cook. Form of ritual solemn, proper custom, very cheerful. "Pang luong" is a chance for people to come together in a fun and healthy state, exchanging experiences in life, producing art and cultural exchanges. , cymbals, fan wood, ... the fun as the swaying of the officer, the young men and women in the festival to give each other the opportunity to meet again, other festivals in the region again Together with the fun, enjoy ... After the Pang Luong ceremony, Master Then is honored, the spirit of everyone is stable, hope everyone trust in tomorrow life will be peaceful, warm, happy. The preparation for Pang Luong ceremony is quite thorough and sophisticated. The person who is celebrating the ritual must repair the house, renovate the house for the beautiful, clean, ... Prepare the bowl of incense, make the mail swallow, brighten the paper flowers to hang on the ceiling, Hanging chairs, hanging chairs, in the center as the arch of the cave to worship as decorated in both sacred and magical. There are gifts such as wild animals, river and streams such as deer, wild pigs, squirrels, porcupines, porcupines, birds, wild chickens ... There is no real thing to take the brown rice, banana plant as fake as the real one when worshiping the animal named as true. Gifts for gatherers are vegetables, edible leaves such as young leaves, wicker, vinegar, banana, banana, ... picking up the young, cooked bamboo shoots. Gifts for animals are buffaloes, cows, pigs, goats, chickens, ducks, geese, carp and fish ... in ponds. These offerings are the main ceremonies both to celebrate and to serve the meal of the day pang. This gift was also given as a gift, to pay for the participants in the pang ... So the owner's family to slaughter a few pigs or buffalo, goat enough for the organization days. The animals make fake paper because according to the conception, when the object is offered, ghosts take the soul away, it can not feed anymore, so fake, when the gold finished. The gifts represent rice crops, vegetables in the garden such as vegetables, pumpkin, fruits such as squash, papaya, taro ... cakes such as thick bread, dry bread, banh chung , wine, rice cooked in 7 colors ... Gifts presented for hunting, picking up banana leaves or leaves are spread on the floor in separate positions in the first place. The offerings are for farming, display in the tray on the mats, animals displaying wood trays, vegetables on the sesame sesame (knit noodles in square, ten nan, 40m wide). Praying ceremonies, pang ceremony on the banana, wood, never on aluminum tray, copper tray, because metal trays are murderous gas, the profession is to save people, healing

On top of the projector is a gold-plated silver plate. Next comes the meat tray, the top of the pig, the third row is the vegetarian tray. At the top in front of the five incense sticks to the ground (all used to the fifth because this worship must invite to five kinds of gods are: terrestrial, terrestrial, wild ghost, mound god in the gods of water, mountain gods, caves, ancient trees in high mountain ranges around the region). All kinds of spirits come with own tray, only display five cups, five pairs of chopsticks, if any more then eat or rotate split use. Master worshiping god: each village has a man Mo worshiping in each village, then Then in the village to invite Mo in the village, or Mr. Cao Muong to take part in this ceremony. House ritual: the head of the family or Mr. Him himself as the owner of the newspaper for the ancestors of the family that is worshiping (not the letter) in the incense stick on the nose. wall of worship. The ancestors informed the ancestors, the ancestors will bless Cuong and his family to do this favorably; Be good to this day tomorrow will be the feast of raising ancestors worship. The festival before Pang luong: The dance (nham thuong, massage) of the incense, her control, Newspaper and the audience are the bell culture ... when opening the owner of the beam music into the fingers of both hands, shaking violently away from the door, go three rounds in clockwise direction, stopping at the door, kneeling down, turning to face, vibrating music, Both of them are for. The Then takes the music from Cuong (her husband makes Then), vibrate for the echoes, go round the circle before Cuong, go to meet the women, Thuong, invited them to receive the beam music, bouquets, flowers ... displayed on the mats in front of the door and then dance to each move that She Then is doing. After a few rounds when the dance area was over, Quan started to play the chorus to guide and dance for the participants. At this time, She then handed over a Perfume instead of her head for the bath, but she left the court to receive a tray of betel nut and guide the two girls invited to betel for each guest and mother to attend. Everybody gets a piece of betel nut of the festival. That's it, she then thanked a turn of people to attend the ceremony. The dance took 20 minutes, all the dance moves, all invited names, so that Quan transferred the game, the first dance called pang. The gods, ghosts in the Pang festival are divided into two forces: Power to enjoy the offerings of Pang Luong: Holy Group in Muong Thien by the Emperor of God. Practical force of the pang ceremony: Including the commanding general of the whole line, the commanders of each face, military forces, soldiers, soldiers, phu phen service, this force is always standing at a The city is called Thanh Lam, Thanh Ly (street in the mountainous region, cave, located at the beginning of the road has twelve routes to the place, Pang luong ritual: This ritual is performed by the governor, performing in verbal form, then by Between the words of Tay, there are some paragraphs, balance the words of the Kinh. The order of steps is as follows: Step 1: Thanks to the invitation to the letter, the letter, General soldiers to practice. Step 2: Prepare the ceremony of offering pang Step 3: Pang ceremony to the heavenly ones Step 4: The procession goes through three levels of space Step 5: festivals to praise, visit each other ... Then singing is the typical form of performance of the Tay community, Nung. Tha Then Thien Lao Cai has hundreds of songs with many scenes expressing various scenes but full of charm, attractive viewers and the participants of the ceremony. In the course of the Then ceremony, the Masters help Mr. Then offer, burn incense must perform the Then ritual and then Then proceed to singing. When singing, then teacher thanks to the invitation to the letter, the letter of the teacher down to help the ceremony of Pang luong - color for master Then. The opening song (first song), always the song tells the story of the incense: "But each master when singing is different. Then was held on the floor and under the floor of the Tay. In addition, it is organized in a small field located in the middle of the village. After the main part of the ceremony, the host must decorate the door from the door to the flower door to Mr. Then's seat. Games, games, dances, and singing are performed in the space of the house. The people watch the order and listen to the Then then Then. Festivals such as swallow (swallow), tossing is also done outside the grounds, this section is shown after the ceremony ends.