There are many ethnic groups in the world, but there are also unidentified ethnic groups, and we still know too little about them. I don't know their culture, their customs and other national characteristics. Bo people are one of them. They are a minority living in the border areas of Tibet. This issue of the unidentified ethnic group has a unique Bo culture and a complete collection of pictures of Bo costumes.

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The Bo people, a minority living in the border areas of Tibet, were not included in the 56 ethnic groups in China for various reasons in the early 195s, but their production, lifestyle and customs are indeed different from those of Tibetans, Menba and Lhoba.

Bo people, like other Chinese people, have their own beautiful and moving stories, and they have created their own unique Bo culture in the long history of their own development.

In the past, Bo people all lived on the mountainside of deep forests and planted corn by slash-and-burn production. When there is not enough food, we will feed our hunger with hunting or leaves and wild vegetables. At present, most of the people have moved to the foothills and used iron tools. In addition to continuing to grow corn, they have also cultivated terraced fields, planted upland rice, highland barley, chicken claw valley, sweet potato, etc., and also planted various vegetables.

people who have lived in the mountains for generations can also cultivate, but the way is very primitive, and they are basically slash and burn. The production tools of Bo people are very simple. There are no other farm tools except knives and some wooden farm tools. Knife is not only the main production tool for people, but also an important self-defense weapon and an ornament for men.

most of the traditional clothes are self-produced linen fabrics, and a few are cotton fabrics. Besides using the primary color linen, the linen is also dyed red and black. Generally, it is dyed before weaving, using bark as dye, and some use pine trees and sorghum shells as dye. Textile tools are very simple, just a few wooden sticks and narrow boards. The wooden stick at one end of the warp is fixed to the ground with two small wooden stakes, and the wooden stick at the other end of the warp is tied to the weaver's waist. The weaver sits on the ground, flattens and tightens the warp, threads the warp with a wooden board or threads it with a thin wooden stick before introducing the wooden board, stands the wooden board sideways, lifts half of the warp, uses a short stick as a shuttle to shuttle around the weft along the wooden board, and then pats the weft tightly with a board, so as to weave back and forth.

In recent years, with the improvement of production and living standards, acrylic products are mostly used to replace linen fabrics. Because the four seasons in his residence are like spring, and the four seasons are not very clear, there is basically only one kind of clothing for Bo people. In addition, Bo people have always regarded silver ornaments as noble, rich and gorgeous decorations. A well-dressed woman, dressed in jewels, walks with a unique style. Both men and women wear large earrings, which they think is a kind of decorative beauty. The old woman likes big earrings called "Goudabai" quite a lot.

Both men and women like to carry a bag made of cotton on their shoulders when they go out. The satchel is brightly colored and simple in style. The silver coins with holes are woven on the strap in an orderly manner, which has strong national characteristics. The satchel pattern has various exquisite graphics, which are vivid and lifelike.

Clothing

Judging from the few clothes, women usually wear a pair of long silver earrings with a long front like a drum, a forehead protector, beads or other silver ornaments around their necks, a full skirt and bare feet; Men wear long black handkerchief on their heads, a kind of silver earrings and a machete on their waist, which is very powerful.