jenming
25_07_braids
This picture isn't as clear as I'd like it to be, because I had to take it while walking. But I think you can almost tell that these ladies' braids aren't just standard braids of hair. All of their hair is braided into very small braids, then the small braids are put into big braids. I can't imagine how long it must take to do this. In addition, you can see here how they wear their cloaks off the right shoulder when they get hot. I was told that this is because Buddha was supposed to have been born out of his mother's right armpit, so if they're going to take off only half of the coat, they take off the right half.
25_07_braids
This picture isn't as clear as I'd like it to be, because I had to take it while walking. But I think you can almost tell that these ladies' braids aren't just standard braids of hair. All of their hair is braided into very small braids, then the small braids are put into big braids. I can't imagine how long it must take to do this. In addition, you can see here how they wear their cloaks off the right shoulder when they get hot. I was told that this is because Buddha was supposed to have been born out of his mother's right armpit, so if they're going to take off only half of the coat, they take off the right half.