Introduction to the goddess totem pile: This pile is the incarnation symbol of the Wa goddess worship "Meiji". It is the inheritance and relief of the Sigangli epic in the form of woodcut characters. The totem pile consists of three parts: the first is the head, which consists of raised hands, eyes, nose, and mouth; the second is the neck, which has no patterns; the third is the body, which has many patterns and symbols. The dots represent the stars in the sky, explaining the Wa people’s story of eating meat by stars and dividing their families; the slashes represent mountains and rivers, explaining the formation of rivers in the Siganli epic; the swallow-tail pattern represents the swallow of the god of fire; the tooth shape The pattern represents fruits and harvest; the triangle symbol represents the ever-burning fire pit; the horizontal and vertical stripes at the bottom represent the wooden drum that can communicate with the gods.

Leave a Reply