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Embroidery, batik, and silver jewelry are three great things the Chinese Miao have contributed to the world. Living in the remote mountainous area, the Miao keep their culture and custom quite well. In a village called Basha, the local Miao men wear an interesting hairstyle that has been kept for hundreds of years.

They only have hair on the top of their head and the rest is shaved bald! Their hair is almost always very long, and it’s usually braided into a bun on top.

A boy starts to have this hairstyle at 14 years old, and will keep it all his life. Even more funnily, people use a big sickle to shave their hair, but not a razor.

A small ceremony will be held before the Miao shave their head. A man carries his sickle and rubs it on the ground to ask for energy from the earth. Then he uses this sickle to touch his clothes and hand to get some power from the human body.

This ceremony is very important to the local people, as it means a boy has grown up.  Read more...