.Flower . flora. fleur. fiore. flor. blume. bloem. hoa. 花. ดอกไม้. फूल. زهرة.
Right! In a previous post I talked of the Flower Hmong - the colourful type typically found in Bac Ha area of the Lao Cai province. They were indeed a colourful, albeit - multicoloured bunch.
.Defining. Types.
Of each group, there will be a sub-group within a sub-group. So we have the Hmong which consist of the Flower Hmong...but then there are variations of these Flower Hmong - and I have probably not seen a fraction of them. Wow.
Here, in these locations headed below, these types of Flower Hmong were found...
>Muong Hum
Muong Hum market once again, these blue ladies were fetching in their sky blue, white and green colours, combined together with silver coins and green beading. Again, they have the very asian style of a wrap over asymmetric top, sometimes arm bands and headscarves, cropped bags, aprons and infamous eye-catching puffy crinkly skirts!
The men of this hill tribe also seem to wear the trendy slick styles too. Cropped top/jackets are definitely way to go, together with high waisted flared trousers. Sleeves, borders and hems of clothing (top half especially)are embellished with decorative features.
>On the road + SaPa
Found these treasures on a weekend day in SaPa and whilst on the road (on motorbike) in the Lao Cai province. I didn't stop to capture them for the latter, though in SaPa, eye-spied their pretty hairstyles from afar in the main square. They had travelled into SaPa to sell their old clothes and textiles; fairly similar to a jumble sale! It's clear that their outfit colours are similar to the other Muong Hum Flower Hmong (blending in with nature colours) - with a differing head dress/style...interesting. It's an art.
What a technique! Buns, ribbons, silver clips, silver comb = a Star Wars style. How did they think of such a style? Adaptions from nature/flora and fauna, perhaps?
Beauties of the nature,
Wowzers x
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