Thirty-five-year-old Yangram, who lives in northwestern Tibet, began braiding her sisters hair at the age of 12.
Tibetans want to enjoy the conveniences of modern life.
Yangram and Tsoba
Yangram, 35, with daugthers Yixi Kangzhu, 4, and Yixi Zhuoga, 5.

Yangram and Tsoba
The jewelry that reflects the glorious colors of nature.
Yangram, Tsoba & Mji braid Zizong’s hair.
Yixi Kangzhu & Kangzhu
Four-year-old Yixi Kangzhu loves the turquoise beads the most.

Yangram, 35, with daugthers Yixi Kangzhu, 4, and Yixi Zhuoga, 5.
The blue-green stone looks like the blue sky or lakes, and sometimes like the meadows.
If you don’t braid your hair, the neighbors will laugh at you.
Kang Zhucuo, 61.

Yangram and Tsoba

Tsoba, 35.

Photographed by Kin Chan Coedel

Kangzhu, 42.

Yixi Kangzhu & Kangzhu

Mji, 40

Photographed by Kin Chan Coedel

Zizong, 40.

Kang Zhucuo, 61.

Mji, Zizong, Kangzhu & Kang Zhucuo

Photographed by Kin Chan Coedel

Jibasuo

Photographed by Kin Chan Coedel

Jibasuo

Yixi Zhuoga