For the deceased, the Cao Lan people have many customs, of which the most typical ritual is the culture of building a car house and dancing the three-tone dance. Followings are photos of the ritual of building a car house and dancing the three-tone dance for a prestigious priest of the Cao Lan people in Khuan Then village, Hung Duc commune, Ham Yen who has just passed away.
The culture of building a car house for the deceased of the Cao Lan people has 2 levels, the level for teachers and for ordinary people.
Building a car house for the newly deceased.
The ceremony of breaking out of prison to redeem the dead.
The ceremony of opening the road, opening the road to dance the three-tone dance.
Opening the road, opening the road.
The ceremony of erecting the phan tree.
Inviting the soul to the phan tree.
The three-tone dance ceremony is only for Cao Lan shamans when they die, performed together with the house-car ceremony.
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