The ceremony of ShalaLo in Li

In the district of Liang Mountain in china,the girls of Li Minority will have a mysterious ceremony named"Changing Skirt" or " ShalaLo" when they are considered as an adult.It means to get rid of the minor skirt and take the grown skirt instead.The girls used to wearing skirt which involves red and white color,single braided,pulling the lines on ears,when they were minors.After the the ceremony of Changing Skirt they will wear the long skirt which middle is black and blue ,change the single braided into double braided,and to wear embroidered headgear,hang earbob.
After ceremony,the girl will have a freely walk or to go to ramble market,to watch the horse race,play with new friends,also they can date with somebody.the date of "Changing skirt"is always according to the situation of her actual upgrowth,usualy when they are 15-17 old.Mostly they will choose Single Age,because consider Double Age is ill-boding in her life.And the detailed date will be chosed by an old man.
The day on "ShalaLo",the family is beaming,be busy to butcher livestock and preparing the feast.According to the custom the male is unallow to take part in untill it over.on the ceremony,a middle-aged woman will lash a piggy under one fruit tree ,when the piggy is dead,she then pick it up and round the girl for several circles,so as to drive the demon away.In process of the ceremonial,women will say some wisecrack in order to advance the ambience,the girl always feels shy and silent in smile.the climax time is putting on the long skirt,when she walks it like breeze,and full of youthfull breath. This is the best moment, the presence of women or girls are immersed in happy memories or the longing for happiness, so that " ShalaLo " achieve high.
After "ShalaLo ", men can participate in the feast,they sat on the floor, happily eating Tuotuo meat, buckwheat, to their heart's content to drink, Pop the Cork .the ceremony means that girl have become an adult, free To find love,as a result of sexual relations happened, as long as the genetic level and does not violate the restrictions generally will not be subject to customary law sanctions. If the girl is pregnant, the man should be married to her or vice versa for the girls to dress before Subject to strict protection, not molest, raped, but also not illegal cohabitation, if such an incident occurred on the customary law will be severely punished.the minority custom is also considered as a oddity and beauteous culture in china.