A Study On The Maguai Festival Of Zhuang Nationnality In Nadi

The Maguai Festival, also known as the Wapo Festival, or the Frogs Festival, is Zhuang nationality festival that spreads widely along the Red River.And It is actually a large Maguai funeral that the protagonist is the Maguai but not the human. There have different rites of the Maguai Festival in different places. Nadi is a complex place, where intermingle multiculturalism such as the Maguai Festival, bronze drums, chieftain,board-shoe games and so on. And the Maguai Festival in Nadi has its uniqueness.Myths about the origin of the Maguai Festival evolved gradually from emphasizing on the Baiyue race, Buluotuo is the primogenitor of Zhuang and the social characteristics of wild times, to chieftains’ becoming the protagonist of myths, then the mainstream culture of Han nationality appearing. Behind that process is the relationship between the selection and historical memory. Via the "Thick description" of the Maguai Festival, we can understand the meaning of these culture symbols.The Maguai Festival has the culture integration function from the bottom up. During the festival,villagers cooperate and closely interact with each other. A specific set of shared culture of structural groups,creates a continuous sense of history, enhances the social cohesion.Collective identity and national identity are created,consolidated and strengthened by holing the Maguai Festival once a year. Such identity maintains the social order and stability. Besides, during the Maguai Festival, people are able to remove the shackles of social hierarchy, and cheer as much as they like. In some ways, the Maguai Festival has the function of social adjustment.Behind some culture symbols are the close links with chieftains. The villagers hold the Maguai Festival activities around the Maguai house,which is the main place where people hold the Maguai Festival. Bronze drums are used to show the status, power and wealth of chieftains and the elite. bronze drums’ sound echoes Maguai’s noises, which serves as amedium of communication between heaven and earth. Mogong,performing the ceremony of the Maguai Festival, has close links with chieftains. In the era of the chieftain’s mastering the domination, Mogong provided services specifically for chieftains and aristocratic elite., and they had a higher social status. With the chieftain’s power wanning, the status of Mogong declined, then,they began to serve ordinary people.