Pork is their normal meat. Pickle, brawn, and bean sauce are famous snacks of Bai people. Benzhu in different villages and regions has different meaning, in which some of them refer to the god of nature, some national heroes and some famous offices as well as loyal women. Bai also believe in witch ghosts and Buddhism in a small part. Bai people prefer color of white.
Men like to wear white shirts.
Women's clothes differ from place to place. Women in Dali region wear white shirts, red waistcoat. All Bai people wear a piece of sheepskin. The Bai people are good singers and dancers. Bai opera, known as chuichui, is an art form combining folk music and dancing.