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BURMA-TATTOO-WOMEN
Die tätowierten Frauen von Burma: Die letzten überlegenden Frauen des Chin-Volkes mit aufwendigen Gesichts-Tätowierungen dessen Traditionen bald aussterben werden / 010215
***The tattooed women of Burma: Burma's last surviving tattooed women with facial inkings of the tribe whose traditions are dying out on February, 2015***
[A custom that, according to legend, began when an ancient king tried to make slaves of the women, the inkings were first intended to repel incomers and then became a symbol of beauty. But with younger people increasingly reluctant to be inked for fear of ridicule and for fear of the heavy fines imposed by the ruling military junta, Burma's tattooing tradition is on borrowed time and could disappear within a generation. As a result, few women now have the markings, with the majority of those who do living hidden away in the mountainous Chin, Rakhine and Arakan regions - all of which were closed off to visitors until two years ago. Now an estimated 700 tourists travel to the area each year, although few are inclined to attempt the precipitous climb up to the mountain eyries of the Magan, Chin and Muun tribes. Those who do will be rewarded with a warm welcome - and a glimpse into one of Asia's oldest, and most threatened, cultures. Most of the tattooed women boast spider's web designs which, as one villager quipped 'attract the men like a spider's web catches insects'.
Others bear full-face tattoos, with every part of their face covered in ink - again, a symbol of beauty. So popular did the look become, one elderly lady, Pa Late from the remote Kanpelet village, revealed that women who chose not to have it 'looked ugly to all the men'. The tattoos, which are created using thorn needles and an ink made from a mixture of cow bile, soot, plants and pig fat, are also a sign of bravery - particularly those etched on the neck, which are the most painful of all.]
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, Myanmar |
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Hepta/Mediafax Foto |
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Eric LAFFORGUE/Exclusivepix Media |
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6 Martie 2015 |
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4961 x 3508 (1.04 MB) |
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