Thursday, October 3, 2013

Face

In a 200 year-old custom, the Chin ethnic minority group in Myanmar would give their daughters elaborate facial tattoos to ward off attacks from neighboring princes who would often try to kidnap girls to be concubines.  The woman in picture was one of the last to receive the groups markings, which has now died out.In a 200 year-old custom, the Chin ethnic minority group in Myanmar would give their daughters elaborate facial tattoos to ward off attacks from neighboring princes who would often try to kidnap girls to be concubines. The woman in picture was one of the last to receive the groups markings, which has now died out.

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