Women from an ethnic minority group in southern China demonstrate how they tie up their extremely long hair.

The video, filmed in Huangluo Village of Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on May 21, 2005, shows a woman with hair over 1.5-metres-long tying it up in a traditional way without using any rubber bands or hairpins.

Huangluo Village is where the ethnic Yao group lives. Since women there traditionally wear red clothes, the Yao people are also called "Red Yao."

"Red Yao" women keep long hair because they believe that long hair is beautiful. Girls keep their hair long as early as in their childhood. The hair will grow to over 1.5 meters long when they are 30 years old.

Huangluo Village of Longsheng County is located in the north of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is a village where the ethnic Yao group lives. Since women there traditionally wear red, these Yao people are also called "Red Yao".

"Red Yao" women keep long hair because they believe long hair beautiful. Girls keep their hair long as early as in their childhood. The hair will be longer than 1.5 meters when they are 30 years old. Over 60 women in Huangluo grow their hair longer than 1.5 meters. It is amazing that they don't use rubber bands or hairpins to put on their long hair. A woman in this video shows us how to put on her hair the traditional way.

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