Dai women in Xishuangbanna wear long, colourfully patterned skirts held at the waist by silver belts. As a traditional custom married women sometimes hang keys from their belt, a symbol which indicates that they run the family household. The Dai women in southern Yunnan like wearing long skirts with silver belts on which keys are hung. It is a rule that only married women are allowed to hang keys. Wearing a belt with keys shows one is capable of running the household.
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