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alainloss: Gaowen style Miao at her doorstep
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alainloss: Miao playing the Lusheng in the winter fog
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alainloss: Gaowen style Miao wearing the typical festival crown
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alainloss: Gaowen style Miao duo wearing the Hundred Bird coat only worn on special occasions
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alainloss: Gaowen style Miao girls in festival dress
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alainloss: Young Gaowen style Miao dressed up for the festival
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alainloss: Gaowen style Miao wearing the festival headdress and necklaces
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alainloss: Gaowen style Miao in her festival attire
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alainloss: Group of Gaowen style Miao in full festival attire
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alainloss: During festival time Gaowen style Miao from all over the area get together to socialize, eat, drink and dance
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alainloss: Gaowen style Miao girl wearing the festival silver crown and necklace
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alainloss: Gaowen style Miao dancers parading at the lunar new year festival
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alainloss: Gaowen style Miao villagers at the festival
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alainloss: Gaowen style Miao girl on her way to the festival
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alainloss: Gaowen style Miao about to perform their dance
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alainloss: Westernized Gaowen style Miao and his two dressed up daughters
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alainloss: During the festival Gaowen style Miao women dance whilst men play the Lusheng
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alainloss: Tiled roofs of a Miao village in the hills
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alainloss: Miao boys
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alainloss: Miao men often have their heads wrapped with a cloth or even towel
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alainloss: Baibei style Miao
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alainloss: Baibei style Miao guests at an outdoor wedding banquet
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alainloss: Miao man smoking pipe
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alainloss: Miao villager puffing at a long pipe usually made out of bamboo
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alainloss: Miao guests giving a toast to the bride and groom
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alainloss: Baibei style Miao villager
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alainloss: Baibei style Miao women wear the richly-embroidered Hundred Bird jacket on special occasions like festival and wedding
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alainloss: Baibei style Miao attending a wedding banquet
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alainloss: Baibei style Miao and her typical embroidered hat
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alainloss: At this Miao wedding ceremony the bride's family has prepared a feast of local foods