Hair all the way down there

“Women of the Yao ethnic group in the Chinese city of Guilin wash their flowing locks- some of which are as long as 8 feet- in the local river. The girl’s hair is never cut after they’re born, and they use a special shampoo made form a tree bark to keep the color very black”, says Luo Al-ting, a Guiling government spokeswoman. -by Jihan Thompson for Marie Claire magazine 2009