Chin Photos

Chin Woman of Taung Shay Shauk Village, in Rakhine State

The tatoos on the face of the Chin woman

The younger girl do not wear the tatoos on their faces

The Chin village

Local villagers watching TV

An old Chin woman with traditional tatoos on her face

Tatoos are worn on faces to avoid being selected by other races

Tourists in Taung Shay Shauk Chin village in Rakhine State

Most of the ladies have tatoos on their faces

The tatoos are known as payel

Tourists in the village

A village hut

Tourists having lunch inside the hut

The private boat to Mrauk U, going from Sittwe

Young girls stumping on paddy to make rice

Young girls with traditional Chin dress

Another photo of the Chin girl with colourful dress

Another Chin lady with tatoos

The younger generations do not wear any tatoos

Foreign visitors

A granny of the Chin tribes

Mother and Children of the Chin tribe

They make their living by fishing

Prawns to eat

A village woman smoking cigar pipe

Villagers travelling by bullcarts from one place to another

TSome usues horecarts for transportation

Some usues boats to go around

At the bank of the shore, and villagers on boat

Tourists enjoying the sun

Girls bathing near the shore and the tourists

Some plantation in the village

The tidy passages in the village

Tourists in the village

A village girl

Some grains in the village

Some villagers selling fishes

Some villagers living in boats

A monastery in the village

Some people on boats