There’s a museum in Guangxi that features the costumes of various ethnic minority groups in the region. Guangxi itself has 1/3 of its population being from the Zhuang minority group, and it seems to do a fair bit in trying to showcase this group’s culture.
a display at the museum featuring an elaborate headdress:
the patterns on the material of their costumes are really intricate:
you hear so much about 绣球 from chinese shows, but it’s taken me nearly 25 years before i’ve actually seen a real example:
the museum also featured some really impressive traditional crafts.
lions and a dragon made out of reeds i think:
this is a type of bridge (built across rivers) that’s unique to this part of china. i’m not sure, but it might be a form of construction unique to the Zhuang group of pple:
and finally, some ladies decked out in ethnic costumes at the event i was at – the costumes are so pretty!
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