Long Hair Village in China

Sabtu, 28 Juli 2012


The majority of women lengthen her hair to look more feminine. But, in some regions of the world, the hair is still regarded as a sacred part of the body of certain customs related.

In China, for example. Women from minority ethnic groups from the village of Yao Huangluo still firmly memengang ancestral customs that only allow them to cut the hair at the age of 16 years, ie before they start looking for a life partner.

Because they just cut their hair once in their lifetime, the average hair length was 5.5 meters. In fact, as reported by the Daily Mail, the longest record of 6.8 meters. This makes Huangluo Yao village as the village with the longest hair first to be listed by the Guinness World Record.

Yao woman's hair is considered very sacred, and only the husband, as well as
their children can see their hair bun. If a man accidentally saw Yao woman without a scarf covering her hair, she will be forced to live with her ​​family for three years as a law.

Huangluo Yao village known as 'long hair village' or 'village long hair'. Huangluo Yao ethnic communities believe that long hair gives her a long life, wealth, and luck. The longer the hair, the more fortunate they are.

Not only that, according to tradition, their hair should only be decomposed in the presence of kin. But, since 1987, Yao women began to leave these traditions.

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