Ornate embroidery has been another source for remembering their past. 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. Of the few who do graduate and go on to college, only a handful return to their 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. In the early 1900's, a Christian missionary helped to develop a phonetic script for the Flowery Meo. He translated the New Testament into their language and shared the Gospel with a small number of them.