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Double-Bun Hair Girls
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double bun hairdo, in chinese, is called 丫鬟. 丫鬟 means female maid (of old era). But literally, it means, “y-shaped hairo”. It came to mean servant cuz that's hairdo of servants, presumably cuz maid not allowed to have fancy hairdo.

and by twist and turns, the double-bun hairdo today is extremely popular in #anime #cosplay culture of Japan/China.

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