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Yao nation in Yunnan moved from Guangdong
and Guangxi in Tang Dynasty, divided into several
branches by their living places and the clothes, such
as "Guoshang Yao", "Hongtou Yao","Daban
Yao", "Pingtou Yao", Landin Yao",
"Sha Yao" and "Baitou Yao". With
a population of 173 thousand , distribute over the
regions of Hekou, Jinping , Yuanyang and other places.
They have no own characters and use the Chinese as
their language. Yao women are good at the embroidering
, love the pretty embroidery patterns on the neck
part of garments. The men like the long hairs and
wound them on the heads covered by a red or blue scarves,
the long sleeves front buttons jackets without the
collars, the white cloth vest outer, the big bottom
of long trousers at lower parts. They believe in the
original religion. The main holiday is the "Panwang
Feast", they would celebrate it by the ways of
singing and dancing.
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