Images Dated 5th January 2009

Myanmar, Chin State, Kyi Chaung Village

Myanmar, Chin State, Kyi Chaung Village. A Chin woman with tattooed face. It was customary in the past for girls to be tattooed at 14 or 15 years old, a painful process which took two days

© Nigel Pavitt/John Warburton-Lee Photography Ltd

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