The last gunmen's tribe of Miao ethnic group
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Local residents show tourists the custom of cutting hair with reaping hook in Yisha village of the Miao ethnic group in Congjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Oct. 6, 2007. The village is resided by the people of the Miao ethnic group who have kept their unique customs and culture dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties. Each male adult of this village owns a powder gun, which has won them the title as "the last gunmen's tribe of the Miao ethnic group".

Local residents show tourists the custom of cutting hair with reaping hook in Yisha village of the Miao ethnic group in Congjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Oct. 6, 2007. The village is resided by the people of the Miao ethnic group who have kept their unique customs and culture dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties. Each male adult of this village owns a powder gun, which has won them the title as "the last gunmen's tribe of the Miao ethnic group". (Xinhua/Qiao Qiming)
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