Introduction to Dancing Cao Gai: "Dancing Cao Gai" is a dance performed by the Baima Tibetans as a traditional ritual to ward off evil spirits and diseases. It is still passed down through changes and is still held every year on the sixth day of the first lunar month. The Elizhai people are Baima. So far, the only village among the eighteen villages that maintains this ritual. "Cao Gai" means mask, and dancing Cao Gai means dancing with a mask. In "Dancing Cao Gai", dancers will wear various masks representing different styles and dance in special costumes. In the dance, exaggerated dance movements are used to show the worship of natural gods, sacrifices to gods and ghosts, and dances to ward off disasters and pray for blessings. Such sacrifices are used to pray to the gods, drive away ghosts and monsters from the village, and ensure that people and animals are safe and have a good harvest for a year.