In China’s Gelao ethnic group, an old custom required brides to have one or two upper teeth removed before marriage, supposedly to avoid bringing harm to the groom’s family.
In some cases, the missing teeth were even replaced by those of a dog for decorative purposes.
The Gelao people are an ethnic group in China and Vietnam.
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Their estimated population in China in 2021 was more than 677,000.
The group mainly lives in Gelao autonomous counties in the western part of Guizhou province in southern China.
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