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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.
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