The women of each village are talented embroiderers and weavers, developing their own techniques and styles. Because the ability to create quality art work is considered a desirable trait in a wife, girls begin to learn intricate embroidery at a young age and wear their bright creations as proof of their eligibility. Although education is available to the Meo, many of the children are unable to take advantage of the opportunity due to the distance from the village to the school or due to the costs. Most do not go beyond elementary school, having to drop out to help on the farms. Of the few who do graduate and go on to college, only a handful return to their home villages.
Spirits can be benevolent or mischievous, protecting or bringing harm to men, beasts, and crops.
Every house has an altar to ancestral spirits of grandparents and other relatives who died natural deaths in old age. If a Meo dies a tragic death, however, his evil spirit is supposedly left behind to bring havoc to his family and village, unless he is properly appeased. Shamans are to be consulted before major decisions are made. Although many of the Northern Meo have been exposed to the Gospel, most have responded to it with indifference. There is a small nucleus of Christians among them.