Meet the women of a village in southwest china where the longest hair is seven feet long

If you thought Rapunzel was resigned to fairy tales
then meet the women of Huangluo village in south-
west China.
Female members of the Yao ethnic group in
China's Guangxi province only ever cut their hair
once in their lives usually before they marry.

There are around 60 women in the village with hair
three feet long with one villager's locks measuring
seven feet long.
Huangluo village in Guangxi province is home to
the Yao ethnicity which is characterised by their
red embroidered dresses and their long hair.

According to China.org.cn, the Yao tribe dates
back some 2,000 years.
There are 600 members of the tribe in the total
made up of 78 families.
Most of the women's hair hangs down to their
ankles with 60 members of the tribe with hair
longer than three feet.
51-year-old Pan Jifeng is one of the tribe who has
kept to tradition only cutting her hair once in her
life.

According to Pan, a secret has been passed down
by generation to generation for local women keep
their long locks healthy and shiny.
She said villagers would keep the water they use
to wash glutinous rice, then wash their hair with it.
She told reporters about the tribe's traditions: 'We
do not cut our hair from birth.
'When we reach the age of 18, we get out first
haircut as part of a coming of age ceremony which
signifies that the girl is now an adult and can
marry.
The hair cut off at the ceremony is not to be
thrown away, but preserved.