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Clothes of Nakhi women

This entry was posted on Sunday, December 23rd, 2007.
Written by: ShangNing

Why am I blogging this subject today? Because I find some Traditional
Music of Ancient China, and Nakhi music is an important part of the
Chinese ancient music, I will share these music later :)

The Nakhi are an ethnic group inhabiting the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China.

Clothes of Nakhi women

The Nakhi women wear wide-sleeved loose gowns accompanied by jackets and long trousers, tied with richly decorated belts at the waist. Sheepskin is worn slung over the shoulder.

Especially in Ninglang County, the women wear short jackets and long skirts reaching the ground with several folds. Large black cotton turbans are worn around their heads, which are accompanied with big silver earrings.

The men's costumes is much like that of Han Chinese.

In modern times, traditional dress is rarely worn among the younger generation, since most of them prefer to wear Chinese dress. It is now usually only worn at cultural events and on special occasions.

The dress of the Dongba lamas resembles that of the Bon priests of Tibet; they wear conical hats like those of the lamas of the Black Hat sect, with a piece of red cloth.

 

One Responseto “Clothes of Nakhi women”

anyjazz
December 23rd, 2007 at 3:27 am

The customs of China are very interesting to me. Thanks for the post and the picture. I realize how hard it is for you to maintain your blog.

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