CHIN TRIBE - the Last Tattoed Face Women

The remote mountain town of Mindat is a district of the Chin state in the west of Myanmar, situated at 4,860 feet above the sea level and about 5 to 7 hours drive from Bagan. The remote tribal Mindat area, was restricted by the Burmese government until three years ago and now is open for tourist.Mindat is a town known for its untouched traditional culture, a place to meet the fascinating tatooed face women who made this area known to the world.The Chin people in Southern Chin Hills...
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The remote mountain town of Mindat is a district of the Chin state in the west of Myanmar, situated at 4,860 feet above the sea level and about 5 to 7 hours drive from Bagan. The remote tribal Mindat area, was restricted by the Burmese government until three years ago and now is open for tourist.Mindat is a town known for its untouched traditional culture, a place to meet the fascinating tatooed face women who made this area known to the world.The Chin people in Southern Chin Hills used to have the custom of tattooing on the face of the women.There are many stories about the origin of Chin tattoos, one of them, being that these tribes first began to ink their faces as a way of disfiguring their beauty, to make themselves unattractive in hopes that by doing so, they could avoid being kidnapped or chosen as concubines by the Burmese kings. A different legend states that they were tattooed distinctively to allow for identification with their tribe of origin in the event that they were kidnapped by another tribe. Another reason was that they believed the tatoos were beautiful, or a mark of beauty, they believed that with it, it made them more attractive and would receive attention from young men. Although nobody could authenticate the validity of this story.