Pas-taai

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Scope note
Pas-taai is held every two years, and the celebration is carried out by representatives from communities from north and the south. The proceedings involve three stages. At the first stage, knots of silver grass will be tied on a long string to mark the total number of days in which Pas-taai takes place, and a committee of chiefs will be held. The second stage of Pas-taai, being the body of the festival, involves resolution of disputes, acknowledging the ancestors, sets of dancing addressing to the advent and departure of the spirit of Short People, and finally a thanksgiving banquet. The Pas-taai celebration ends with the seeing of Short People’s spirits on the eastward stream. The festive and ceremonial proceedings unify community-tribes on both sides by binding everybody’s fate together in a single rite shared by all Saysiyat people. Pas-taai consummates a symbolic unification of the Saysiyat society across the boundaries of bloodlines and tribe borders.
Pas-taai
Accepted term: 02-Dec-2024