"National Costume Culture 6" Wa Costumes [Map]

Wa Nationality

The "Bai Pu" ethnic group, which originated in ancient China, is distributed in the vast mountainous area between the south of the Nu Shan mountain in southwest Yunnan and between the Saal Wenjiang and Lancang River.

Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County and Ximeng Wa Autonomous County are the main settlements of the Wa nationality.

Here, the mountains are continuous, the rivers are crisscross, the climate is mild and humid, it belongs to the Subtropical Mountainous Area, the elevation is about 2000 meters, and the plain dam is very few.

Wa people worship red and black.

Most of them are black and red, and basically retain the characteristics of ancient mountain peoples.

Ximeng men wear black cloth or red cloth around their heads. They are wearing no collar shorts, trousers are short and wide, and trousers are usually two feet wide. They like barefoot.

When a young man is "string girl", he should wear a white shirt and some flowers on his head.

Wa traditional men's short hair, head wrapped in black or red cloth Baotou, and some also wrapped in white Baotou.

The color of Baotou is one of the distinguishing signs of men's status.

According to traditional customs, the village's prestigious old people and recognized heroes and folk singers often Pack Red Baotou.

In the past, the red Baotou people also included tribal chieftains and chieftains, and the rest were mostly black and white Baotou.

The black cloth Baotou is the Wa nationality male general likes to wrap up, they think the entangled is higher, the more beautiful, the more magnificent.

The custom of Wa men's red Baotou is said to be related to the worship of fire.

The Wa people believe that fire is the source of strength. In the past, villages were used as units to hold new fire ceremonies.

The ceremony was conducted by village leaders or prestigious elders, who took fire by primitive friction.

Because the fire is sacred, and the color of fire is also sublime, so the people in the village have the status of people to regard the red color of fire as a sacred thing wrapped around their heads to symbolize their lofty social status and show their sacred power.

When wa men go out, they often wear long knives, crossbow and bronze cannons.

"Canpa".

If a man does not wear a long sword, he will be regarded as a badly dressed man. If he does not hold a crossbow, he will be considered to be unmanly.

Therefore, men with long knives and body crossbows have always been regarded as symbols of male beauty and strength.

Wa women wear long hair, decorated with silver hoops, and some areas use rattan or linen to knit hoops.

The long hair on the shawl is often used in the hair net with horsetail hair, and silver beads are decorated on the Internet.

The woman is wearing a black dress and a red skirt. The jacket is very short, with a chest covered abdomen, no collar, a pair of breasts, and short sleeves.

Skirts over knees, often red, with black, white and yellow stripes.

Silver rings with large ears, silver rings ranging from one to three, with two or three silver necklaces and some colored beads, and two or three necklaces or shells made of necklace.

The bare waist and abdomen are twined with some bamboo ring rattan rings, dyed red or black.

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Sky blue or blue are the first choice for most unmarried women of Wa nationality living in the edge of the AWA mountain, Lancang, Shuang Jiang, Gengma and Cangyuan.

Color, comb hair, braid, like the wig braid on the head, and on the black plait, often inserted several Camellia blossoms or fragrant white dew flowers, and some on the braids are decorated with two kinds of small knitting balls made of a variety of wool, appear lively and lovely.

The color of women's clothing began to change, and black gradually replaced blue or sky blue.

Long hair, hair tied or braided, wrapped in colored threads, wrapped around the head and decorated with colored wool balls, is more charming than girlhood.

Old women wrapped in black cloth in Baotou, leaving a section of Baotou ears on the left side.

In addition, both young and old women like to wear a few silver bubbles or silver ornaments on their clothes. They have red and brown geometric patterns on their skirts, earrings, silver or bamboo rattan large earrings, neck necklaces with different sizes, silver bracelets with various patterns, and shank legs painted on the wrist.

Taketo and silver hair circle are indispensable to wa women.

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From the time of birth, the girls of the Wa nationality are added to a bamboo ring.

In the past, many people believed that the number of bamboo and rattan circles worn by women of Wa nationality could determine their actual age.

In addition, the women of the AWA mountain also attach great importance to the pattern design of their skirts. They often regard the cloth woven with their own ethnic characteristics and style as the best.

Common traditional patterns include white bird, grain, squirrel teeth, arrow tail wing pattern, thatch and so on.

Each pattern represents a more abstract concept, such as the white bird's plume symbol of auspiciousness and happiness. The squirrel teeth pattern symbolizes firmness and firmness. O Hatsubasamon symbolizes courage and integrity, and thatched grass symbolizes rigidity and simplicity.

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The girls with clear patterns are not only the envy, admiration and imitation of their companions, but also tend to be the object of the boys' fascination and pursuit.