Women from the Yao ethnic minority in Huangluo Yao Village, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, celebrated the first Long Hair Festival on April 9. The event attracted tens of thousands of visitors from home and abroad, to see the unique display of lengthy, well-brushed locks.
Dressed in red, locals held various activities, such as combing their hair together by the river, performing dances, hosting a coming-of-age ceremony for young women, and singing in antiphonal style for tourists.
With a population of more than 300, the Yao village has more than 80 women who grow their hair longer than 1.4 meters. The longest hair in the community reaches 2.3 meters.
The village has made the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's first long hair village. Local people believe that long hair brings longevity, wealth and good fortune.
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