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Chin State
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Chin state is hilly region on the western part of Myanmar
and there are many different Chin ethnic minority tribes
from the northern mountain ranges stretch down to the south.
The Tribal Chins in southern Chin division on the western
part of Myanmar are of different cultures among the ethnic
tribes in Myanmar. The Chin ladies with tattooed Faces are
one of the strange ethnic minority tribes in Myanmar and
they are well known by the travelers to Myanmar.
History of Tattooed Chin
There are three different tribal Chin clans on the
southern part of Chin region, known as Chinbon, Chinbok and
Layhtoo Chin with three different kinds of facial tattoos.
This tattooing tradition started since over thousand years
ago, the men from neighboring places are found of pretty
chin ladies and was captured as slavery, So the Chin tribes
started tattooing the girl's face to avoid from hunters.
Tattooing the ladies nowadays becomes traditions of the Chin
Tribes on the southern part of Chin state.
Tribal
Chin
On the southern part, Mt. Victoria is famous for
its high peak on the southern range close with Yakhine state
to the west, can easily approach by truck to half of its
heights from the base town Kanpetlet. Can trek up to the top
in few hrs. In this area, Chin ethnic tribes with tattooed
faces can observe in nearby tribal villages around Mt.
Victoria. Mt Victoria can visit from Bagan by car to
Kanpetlet.
The second highest Mountain is Mt Saramati, 12553ft (or)
3828 meter high, on the northwestern part of Sagaing
Division and northern part of Chin Hills, and is close to
Sagaing border.
The third highest is Mt Victoria on the southern part of the
Chin region with the height of 10018ft. This mountain can
easily accessible from Bagan to Kanpetlet by 4 wheel drive
to the base station and also climb up by car to the camp at
8000ft and trek up to the top along plain slope.
Culture Tours to Various Tribal Villages
There are programs are especially for those who
would like to explore and study the tribes with different
cultures. Their traditional cultures and their way of living
on daily life in the forest on mountainous regions are
unspoiled and existing without many changes in this modern
changing world.
The
Tribal Nagas
Hill tribes are living in the Northern part of
Chin region, and Sagaing division, close to Indian border.
Traditionally they are fierce tribal warriors ornamented
with feathers, skin and horns, boar fangs, of the birds and
beast on their heads and as dress. The chief warrior wore
red colored monkey skin on his head. They look like the
Zulus warriors from Africa. There are about 64 different
ethnic clans. Traditionally they are proud of hunting the
wild beast such as Tigers, leopards and wild boars.
The Tribal Nagas celebrates their traditional New Year
festivals with tribal dances, in the mid of January the
Calendar year.
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