Tattooed as young girls and forced to wear large earrings 'to make them so ugly' they would not be kidnapped: Inside Burma's Chin tribe where women have spent a lifetime scarred by a barbaric tradition *** High in the mountains of Myanmar lives the Chin tribe whose women still bear the scars of a barbaric ancient tradition. When they were aged 12 to 14, these women had their faces tattooed in a painstaking process that took days to complete. According to legend, the tradition started to make the women so ugly that they wouldn't be kidnapped for an ancient king who wanted concubines. The custom then continued until the 1960s when it was stamped out by the government but the older women still live with their scars. They also wear enormous earrings which stretch their skin. With a variety of styles and designs the detailed markings have a deep rooted cultural significance to the largely Christian community. Photographer and cyber security expert, Teh Han Lin took the intimate pictures on a recent trip to Myanmar. | Daily Mail
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