The Tiaohuacha festival of the Longhorn Maio is an annual event that takes place as part of their new year celebrations. The girls wear elaborate headgear that consists of ancestral hair woven over a set of wooden horns, they also wear brightly embroided clothes. Traditionally it was a chance for boys and girls to meet.
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Location: Tiaohuacha, Guizhou Province, China
Photographer: © Neil Harris