The Shui nation ,with only 7 thousand people, live
in Fuyuan and Miliang counties, their language is almost closing
to those of Buyi, Zhuang and Miao nation. At the marriage of Shui
nation ,they still are keeping the their old traditional customs,
the young couples understand each other through the courses of
working, living and playing, then proposing the marriage through
the matchmaker, holding the party of Huotangjiu (drinking for
engagement), fixing the date for wedding ceremony . At the day of
ceremony they will have the Tongguwu Dance and Lushenwu Dance ( a
kinds of dancing with the bronze drums and a kind of music
instrument). Their key feast is the "Guodanjie". |