You see ladies dressed like this in the bigger cities and towns in Thailand from the north down to Bangkok but you have a hard time believing they really wear this gear! Then we walked to villages in Mai Salong and there they were in all their glory....
The headgear used to be a lot heavier when it was made from real silver. You see the black hair on the forehead, that's really thread. I watched a lady making skeins of thread using her big toe for tension and then sewing them on one of these. They have black hair so I'm not really sure why they do this. The leggings are just from below the knee to the ankle.
While we were in Mae Salong the town was preparing for a tea festival between Christmas and New Years. This was serious business going on! They were marking out spaces for selling goods and there was a huge crowd all with opinions about how it should be done. There was much measuring and pacing and then tearing out of stakes and remeasuring etc etc. I don't know how they ever got it done.....
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