After dinner, we crossed this bridge to a silversmith workshop where they make the elaborate hats and necklaces worn by the women.
The man on the left is hammering a piece of silver to make into fine thread which the man on the right slowly and carefully presses into a small mould to make the petals of the flowers which decorate the hat.
When the sun set, almost all the villagers came out to entertain us with singing and dancing.
The woman in the centre was the compère, but also the check-in person at the hotel we were staying in.
This video ends rather abruptly because the young woman walking towards me was about to hand me a cup of rice wine which etiquette demands I accept with both hands, so I had to put the camera down.
We were also treated to the best lion dance I've ever seen and I've seen hundreds.
After the show was over, we headed back to the hotel and bed. In the morning we partook of a typical Miao breakfast. Again we had oil tea, but there was also boiled eggs, steamed bread, fried noodles, pickles and rice porridge.
After breakfast we left on a three hour journey further north, leaving behind the Miao people and moving into Dong territory.
to be continued...
