在云南少数民族的众多节日中,临沧县南美乡拉祜族就有一个比较特殊的节日,那就是搭桥节,拉祜语称为“茅拜魂”。每年立夏节令后的第一个龙日或蛇日,这里的拉祜族村民都要参加为搭桥举行的隆重节日仪式。去年春夏之交,我走进了南美乡,当我沿着蜿蜒的南孟河行走时,我看到河面上架 Among the numerous festivals of ethnic minorities in Yunnan, there is a special festival for the Lahu people in the South American township of Lincang County, that is, the bridge festival, and the Lahu language is called “Mao Bai Spirit.” The first dragon day or the snake day after the summer holiday has been established every year. Lahu villagers here must attend the grand festival ceremony held for the bridge. At the turn of the spring and summer of last year, I walked into the South American countryside. As I walked along the meandering Nanmeng River, I saw the river shelves