Sister's Meal Festival
E701748
Sister's Meal Festival is a traditional Miao courtship and spring celebration in China, known for its colorful costumes, singing, dancing, and the ritual of young women offering dyed glutinous rice to suitors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sister's Meal Festival canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8006504 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sister's Meal Festival Context triple: [Miao people, majorFestival, Sister's Meal Festival]
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A.
Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
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B.
Straw Bear Festival
The Straw Bear Festival is a traditional English folk celebration in Whittlesey featuring a costumed “straw bear” paraded through the town with music, dancing, and other seasonal festivities.
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C.
Nineteen Day Feast
The Nineteen Day Feast is a regular Bahá'í community gathering that combines worship, consultation, and social fellowship, held roughly every nineteen days according to the Bahá'í calendar.
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D.
Saki Matsuri
Saki Matsuri is the first of the two main parade events in Kyoto’s famous Gion Matsuri festival, featuring elaborate floats that process through the city streets in mid-July.
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E.
Byobu Matsuri
Byobu Matsuri is a traditional sub-event of Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri in which local households display folding screens and treasured artworks to the public.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sister's Meal Festival Target entity description: Sister's Meal Festival is a traditional Miao courtship and spring celebration in China, known for its colorful costumes, singing, dancing, and the ritual of young women offering dyed glutinous rice to suitors.
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A.
Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
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B.
Straw Bear Festival
The Straw Bear Festival is a traditional English folk celebration in Whittlesey featuring a costumed “straw bear” paraded through the town with music, dancing, and other seasonal festivities.
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C.
Nineteen Day Feast
The Nineteen Day Feast is a regular Bahá'í community gathering that combines worship, consultation, and social fellowship, held roughly every nineteen days according to the Bahá'í calendar.
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D.
Saki Matsuri
Saki Matsuri is the first of the two main parade events in Kyoto’s famous Gion Matsuri festival, featuring elaborate floats that process through the city streets in mid-July.
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E.
Byobu Matsuri
Byobu Matsuri is a traditional sub-event of Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri in which local households display folding screens and treasured artworks to the public.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Miao festival
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courtship festival ⓘ traditional festival ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Qingming period
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linked to:
Qingming Festival
|
| coreActivity |
Lusheng music
ⓘ
linked to:
Lusheng Festival
antiphonal love songs ⓘ courtship rituals ⓘ dancing ⓘ drum performances ⓘ offering dyed glutinous rice to suitors ⓘ parades ⓘ singing ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Southwest China ⓘ |
| dance |
collective circle dances
ⓘ
parade dances ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Miao people ⓘ |
| features |
colorful traditional costumes
ⓘ
ethnic embroidery ⓘ silver headdresses ⓘ |
| food |
dyed glutinous rice
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sticky rice wrapped in leaves ⓘ |
| hiddenItemMeaning |
chili indicates passionate love
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garlic or ginger indicates rejection ⓘ pine needles indicate waiting or uncertainty ⓘ red thread indicates promise or engagement intention ⓘ |
| mainLocations |
Guizhou Province
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Kaili area ⓘ
linked to:
Kaili
Leishan County ⓘ |
| music |
Lusheng pipe music
ⓘ
linked to:
Lusheng Festival
love duets ⓘ |
| participants |
Miao families
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unmarried young men ⓘ unmarried young women ⓘ |
| purpose |
celebrate spring and agricultural cycle
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facilitate matchmaking among young Miao people ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | intangible cultural heritage of local Miao communities ⓘ |
| ritualElement |
girls prepare multi-colored rice
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girls present rice packets to chosen suitors ⓘ hidden items in rice indicating feelings ⓘ |
| season | spring ⓘ |
| symbolism |
fertility
ⓘ
love ⓘ spring renewal ⓘ |
| tourism |
attracts domestic tourists
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attracts international tourists ⓘ |
| typicalMonth | April ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sister's Meal Festival Description of subject: Sister's Meal Festival is a traditional Miao courtship and spring celebration in China, known for its colorful costumes, singing, dancing, and the ritual of young women offering dyed glutinous rice to suitors.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.