The Chin
Portrait Photography - Series
2011
Brent Lewin
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Photography: Brent Lewin
Chin women, an ethnic minority in Burma have historically been known for their beauty. The practice of facial tattooing in the Chin culture goes back hundreds of years and was originally practiced to make their teenage women 'ugly' so that kings would not come and steal their women. Nowadays facial tattooing is no longer practiced though there are a small group of older women remaining living in a handful of Chin villages.