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There are 896 thousand Miao people in Yunnan,
mainly distributed over Wenshang, Honghe and Zhaotong regions.
They mostly inhabit in the mountain areas, work as the farmers
,speak Miao language which is the Miao branch of the family of
Myanmar and Tibetan language. Many kinds of garments for Miao
nation , they can be parted to Qing Miao, Bai Miao and Hua Maio by
the color of the clothes. The male likes the scarf wound the head
and short jacket and trousers, female loves the upper garment with
the embroidery patterns ( the front of Chinese garment which
buttons on the right), lower part with pleated skirt. Miao women
are good at the spinning, embroidery and wax dyeing. Their family
is consisted of a husband and a wife and the children, the aged
male people would be the head of the family. When the brothers
grown up, they should live apart. Miao nation believe in the
original religion, they spend many kinds of festivals, but the
"Spring Festival" and "Feast of Bullfight". take the important
role in their holidays. |
