boyutpedia Chapter 252 Fire Festival
Chapter 252 Fire Festival
Chapter 252 Fire Festival
That night
The location of the event was in a small open space outside the village, not very far from Ye Kai's accommodation, and it only took ten minutes to walk along the road.
fire festival.
Sounds a bit like European burning at the stake, but it's certainly not the same thing.
This is a traditional ceremony of the island nation.
Yes, ceremony.
Because it is not even a festival, it is a ritual that farmers hold in order to protect the food they grow from the influence of evil spirits.
The island country is a nation that worships evil spirits, and even holds many activities about evil spirits every year. These activities make the island country's evil spirit culture flourish even in modern society.
It was raining lightly.
Some tourists who came to visit mingled among the villagers, holding umbrellas and using mobile phones to record.
Wearing a pointed hat and wearing an ancient costume, the islander held a book of orders made of brocade, and kept talking in a tone similar to Buddhist scriptures in the snow area.
Even though Ye Kai was proficient in Japanese, he couldn't understand what he wanted to express.
Ye Kai filmed this scene with a video camera, and said to himself: "This suit seems to be white and impermanent..."
The difference is that their clothes are red, very much in the style of cotton jackets with big patterns in the Northeast, not the simple and elegant pure white like Bai Wuchang in the myth, which looks a little more lively.
Holding an umbrella, Ye Kai is recording his own Vlog material.
The clothes worn by the tourists are different from those of the locals, and it looks very different from a distance.
Some of these tourists are islanders themselves, and there are only four or five foreign tourists in this circle.Kushiro Marsh is a relatively famous scenic spot, and there are still many people who come here.
The person next to Ye Kai is a resident of Nagasaki, named Matsumoto Ichiro, who is about the same age as Ye Kai, and also holds an umbrella and a camera.
Since Ye Kai didn't tell him that he was from China, he thought Ye Kai was an island country tourist from Kyoto.
The system's gift of language is quite powerful. As long as Ye Kai doesn't explain to others that he is a tourist from China, no one will think that he is a foreigner.
"Your first time here?" Matsumoto said.
"Well, yes. It's the first time I saw such an event, and it's still very interesting. It seems that Matsumoto-san has been here many times, right? Is there anything that particularly attracts you?"
"Hey, you'll know when you look at it later." Matsumoto put it off and didn't tell Ye Kai directly.
The local villagers made one "snow house" one after another with iron buckets for fetching water, and put lighted candles in the middle. After a while, hundreds of such snow houses appeared in this open space.
Countless candles converged into bright flames, and the firelight reflected on the snow, illuminating the clearing extremely brightly.
"Is it the same as before?" Ye Kai asked Matsumoto beside him.
"No." Matsumoto scratched his head and said, "Maybe it's raining that makes us think of using snow to block the rain? But it's more beautiful this way, right?"
Ye Kai nodded in agreement: "I think so too, it's more ritual than lighting candles directly in the open space."
Matsumoto suddenly bumped Ye Kai with his elbow, and said, "Hey, hey, here we come, look..."
The villagers have left, and so has the man in ancient clothes, and now there are many young and beautiful girls standing in the middle, holding... chai?
It should have been rehearsed before, the positions are very separated, but from some angles it looks very neat.
In the winter, she exposed her thighs, wearing black shorts, and a linen skirt. The skirt was just enough to cover her knees, and it was striped, like a hula skirt.
A strip of cloth was tied around his head, and there was no writing on the strip.
take a look?What are you looking at?
Ye Kai glanced aside, Matsumoto was looking at the group of girls with the camera, and couldn't pay attention to his side at all.
amount.
Is it the same as going to a car show in a dead house?
Do you want to climb over there with a camera and shoot?
But seeing Matsumoto's seriousness, Ye Kai also pointed the camera at them.It is very convenient for Ye Kai to take a gimbal to shoot this kind of activity, and the picture will not shake.
After zooming in, Ye Kai saw clearly that what they were holding was not firewood, but straw.
The straws were connected together by ropes, and the girls held the longest rope in their hands. The length of the rope was between one meter and two meters.
At this time, someone came forward with a lighter and lit the straws at the same time.
boom!
The flame on the straw made an explosive sound and burned rapidly, and such sounds echoed throughout the venue.The girls didn't feel any fear, they took the rope and started dancing the burning straw.
It seems to be wielding a meteor hammer.
Huge flames revolved around the girls' bodies, and Ye Kai could hear the sound of flames dancing from time to time when he was standing so far away.
Is it dangerous to do so?If the flames cut the rope, wouldn't the straw fly to someone else?Although they stand apart, that is relative.
If someone really broke the rope while waving it, the flaming straw would definitely fly into the faces of the people around him.
"Is the rope unique? Don't you have to worry about breaking it?" Ye Kai asked Matsumoto beside him.
"That's right, the oil is not easy to burn, so the rope will not break. I have been here several times, and nothing like this has ever happened."
In the process of spinning the flames, the girl also dances, and sometimes jumps up to let the rope fly with the flames under her feet, and her skirts fly, like a Vulcan.
Those girls didn't seem to be afraid, and some even laughed out loud.
terrible.
The sparks from the burning wheat stalks of the people closest to Ye Kai flew everywhere, and even flew to Ye Kai's side, and fell to the ground and were quickly wiped out by the snow on the ground, leaving behind a black thing.
The straw burns quickly, and there are more and more such small sparks around.
Ye Kai took two steps back to avoid it, lest sparks fly to his clothes and leave any souvenirs.
Among the dancing girls, there are indeed two young ladies who are particularly good-looking.Matsumoto probably came to see them, otherwise Ye Kai really couldn't find any reason why he would be so engrossed.
It can only be said that Ye Kai really doesn't understand the world of some people.
If they played with fire like this, if Ye Kai was an evil spirit, then they would probably stay away from them. It is well known that evil spirits are afraid of fire, or light.
Then there will be such an activity, and it is easy for Ye Kai to understand.
A very primitive ceremony, those clothes, scarves, skirts, and strange and cute poses, it looks very ritual.The girls who wield the flames are also quite happy.
The island country's protection of its own culture is not bad, and many things from the past have been preserved.
In modern society, these traditional rituals are very precious.
Ye Kai likes this kind of atmosphere very much. There is a place near his hometown that holds a grand lantern festival every year. Although he doesn’t want to go there again after going there once, it’s still amazing to keep such a tradition.
When the girls finished dancing, Matsumoto smiled and said, "How about it, it's pretty good."
Ye Kai looked at the picture displayed on the camera and said, "It's really interesting."
(End of this chapter)