Wa people regard black as beauty, and think that black is a symbol of hard work and health. "Touch your black" is the highlight of Sigangli Carnival. Black skin, black hair and black clothes. Wajinhua is ingenious, good at singing and dancing, versatile and charming, and her skin is known as the beautiful Oriental black pearl.
"Touching your black" originated from the custom of Wa people to put bottom ash, cow blood and mud on their faces to exorcise evil spirits and pray for blessings. Touching girls' faces is to hope that girls will become more and more beautiful; Touch the old man's face and wish him health and longevity; Touch the child's face and hope that the child will be safe and auspicious; Touch a friend's face and look forward to lasting friendship; A dark face means happiness forever and happiness forever.
The dress characteristics of Wa nationality;
Wa costumes vary from place to place. The traditional men's wear of the Wa nationality in Ximeng is collarless coat, short and fat trousers, with black or red cloth wrapped around their heads, and the necks of young men are decorated with bamboo rings or rattan rings.
Women wear black collarless tops, straight skirts, silver hoops or bamboo hoops on their heads, silver collars and several strings of beads as badges, and several rattan rings around their waists and necks. They also like to wear many silver bracelets and big earrings.
The men's wear of the Wa nationality in Cangyuan is a round neck double-breasted coat, short and fat trousers, and a piece of black or red cloth wrapped around their heads. Women are beautiful with long hair, wearing silver or aluminum earrings and collars, short skirts with round neck, narrow sleeves and right slits, rows of silver bubbles on their chests, and long straight skirts with various patterns. The Wa costumes in Yongde and Zhenkang are basically the same as the local Han costumes.