Yao (Iu Mien) New Year and New Market Dedication in Nam Kheung in Houa Khong Province
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- 1972-02-09
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The Yao (Iu Mien) New Year in Nam Kheung (LS-150, PC 3256) in Houa Khong Province. The three girls in the right forefront are Yellow Lahu (Lahu Shi), whose traditional dress for special occasions such as this incorporates square silver fasteners on their blouses. They also wear silver earrings that are plug-size and silver neck rings. All the other females in the photograph are Yao, wearing newly embroidered panel pants for the celebration. Silver bands crisscross their turban headdress, and silver neck rings and strands of silver are worn around their necks.
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Subjects
- Yao (Southeast Asian people)
Houakhong (Laos)
New Year
Lahu (Asian people)
Silver
Clothing and dress
Parades
Turbans
Necklaces
Headdresses
Earrings
Yellow Lahu (Lahu Shi) (Asian people)
Women
Young women
Laos - Type
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- Format
- Color photograph
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- Yao (Iu Mien) New Year and New Market Dedication in Nam Kheung in Houa Khong Province. 1972-02-09. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/L5NXG2CV2HSSR83. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- (1972-02-09) Yao (Iu Mien) New Year and New Market Dedication in Nam Kheung in Houa Khong Province. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/L5NXG2CV2HSSR83
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