The world longest Hair Village

The world longest Hair Village - Huangluo in china


Hair is more beautiful to women.China, Huangluo Village numbers around 82 households of Red Yao ethnics.They are wearing red clothes(men & women).



The women of Huangluo can only cut their hair once in their lives, when they turn 16, and they can start looking for a lover. But the hair is not simply thrown away, its given to the girls grandmother and made into an ornamental headpiece. When she marries, the hair is gifted to the groom.



If the hair is simply wrapped around her head, it means she is married but has no children. If she has a small bun at the front, it means she is married with children, and if she wears a kerchief around her head, it means she is looking for a lover.



The Yao village has received a Guinness certification for the �worlds longest hair village� and is also known as the �Long Hair Village� across China. Considering the average hair length of the 120 women in Huangluo is 1,7 meters and the longest locks exceed 2.1 meters