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Chin women of Rakhine

Rakhine,
Myanmar


There are quite a few photos already here of the tattoed Chin women, but wanted to add another.
The Chins have more than forty sub groups distinguished by their unique facial tattoos and customs. The customs of tattooing originated almost a thousand years ago when neighbors men found the young chin ladies so attractive they were captured for slavery and wife.
As soon as a girl entered the age of puberty, tattoos were applied onto her face as they grow the design stretched across their faces creating different features, which closely resemble a spider web or a sunrise. The practice has been outlawed since 1960s, but some still practiced until around 1980s.