Tag Archive for: Inle Lake Area

Chin Tribe Tatoo by Ryszard Wierzbicki
Chin families are believed to have tattooed their daughters’ faces to make them appear less desirable, and less likely to be kidnapped by travelling Burmese kings who would want to take them for wives. The Burmese socialist government banned the practice of face tattooing in 1972 as part of its program of modernization. This elderly woman is one of the last generation to bear facial tattoos. The chapter of Chin history will be vanished forever when she passed away.

A Wise Man by Ryszard Wierzbicki
There is something in the faces of elderly people that makes them very remarkable. Dignity, wisdom, time, and simplicity, these are the features you can read in those faces.

A Rower at the Floating Village, by Ryszard Wierzbicki
When visiting Myanmar, it is a must to see Inle Lake area. This outstanding place is famous of its rare rowing style. Rowers are operating paddles by making circulating moves with their legs wrapped around them at the rear of the boat.
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