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The Tattooed Face Women of Myanmar

Watch Myanmar traditional tattooed face women. Meet the only woman in Mindat, Myanmar, who plays the nose flute, and the extraordinary tattooed face women. I visited Mindat and some tattooed face women villages in the Chin State in March 2017. The story of the tattooed face women is fascinating and because this tradition is dying out, I was really looking forward to having a closer look into their lives. The tattooed face women live in remotes villages in the Mindat area, Chin State, Myanmar. They live in bamboo houses decorated with skulls of pigs, cows and buffaloes; wear traditional and colourful Chin clothes; and most of them are farmers. In 1960 the government banned the practice, but even though you can still find tattooed face women younger than 50-yars old. However in few years the tattooed face women of Myanmar will become a legend. The origin of the tattoos is uncertain but there are various legends as to why the women started getting the tattoos on their faces: 1. The tattoo was a disguise to prevent the Burmese King from wanting to steal the Chin women. 2. They believe it made the local women look ugly and it would prevent the British colonists from assaulting them; 3. There was a rich man who wanted to marry a tattooed face woman so they started having the tattoos; 4. They believed that only tattooed women would to go to heaven and the ones without tattoos to hell; 5. They thought it made them look beautiful; 6. Tradition. I talked to some of those tattooed face women and was intrigued to learn their personal stories also surprised in seeing how hard they work. In the end I met Yaw Shen, a tattooed face 90-year old lady, who plays the flute nose. In fact Yan Shen is the only woman in Mindat who plays the flute with her nose. You can find more information about my visit to the tattooed face women villages here: http://www.7continents1passport.com/v... Myanmar tattoo once was an tradition but now it's becoming rare.