拉木鼓是佤族重大传统祭典活动之一。过去,每当新旧年之交、需要换旧木鼓、祭谷神的时侯,佤族就要猎人头,拉木鼓。猎头习俗到本世纪50年代末,已被废止;佤族的木鼓和粗犷的木鼓舞,却流传很远,成了佤山的象征。 1992年初,我们在西盟佤族自治县班帅佤寨,参加了一次由原佤族头人出面组织的拉木鼓活动。传统的拉木鼓活动,由于多年未搞,连佤族自己都觉得有些陌生了:年轻人带着一种新奇的眼光来看热闹,老年人则 Ramu drum is one of the major traditional ceremonies of the Wa nationality. In the past, the Wa people hunted their heads and pulled wood drums whenever the old and new years had to be exchanged for old wooden drums and ceremonies. Headhunting customs to the late 50s of this century, has been abolished; the wooden drums and rough wooden drums, but spread far, became a symbol of the Wa Mountain. At the beginning of 1992, we took classes in Wa Wa, Walled in Ximen Wa Autonomous County, and participated in a rakugaku organized by the former Wa clan. The traditional pull wood drum activities, because many years did not engage, and even the Wa themselves feel a little strange: young people with a novel look at the hustle and bustle, the elderly are