“嘎汤帕”为僾尼语译的音,意为新年,节期四至五天,类似汉族的春节,有缅怀祖先、弃旧迎新的含意。节日的主要活动包括,第一天打扫村寨,换水、换盛水的竹筒,有弃旧迎新之意;第二天杀猪宰鸡,春糯米把把,第三天全家吃团圆饭,连嫁出去的女儿也赶回来参加;第四天邻居互访拜年,送糯米粑,晚上举行赛歌、跳竹筒舞、吹口弦、跳的技撮等活动;第五天敬鸡鸭蛋,祭献祖先。勐海的僾尼人还要举行赛马活动。过去,由于僾尼人没有文字和统一历法,“嘎汤帕”没有固定统一的日子,各地 “Ga Tongpa” is the sound translated by Siuni, meaning the New Year, with a duration of four to five days. Similar to the Han Chinese Spring Festival, there is the meaning of remembrance of the ancestors and renunciation of the old. The main activities of the festival include cleaning the village on the first day, changing the water and changing the bamboo in the water to give up the old welcome. The next day, slaughtering chickens slaughtered chickens and spring glutinous rice, and the whole family eats reunion dinner the next day On the fourth day, the neighbors visit New Year and send glutinous rice cake. In the evening, they will hold song songs, jump bamboo drums, blow mouth strings, jump skills and other activities. On the fifth day, they will treat chicken eggs and sacrificial ancestors . Nianyang Menghai also held a horse race. In the past, due to the lack of written and unified calendar of Niño people, “Ga Tong Pa” did not have a fixed and unified day and all over