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    Betel vendors spitting mad at prospect of govt ban
    June 15, 2016in Health, Lead Story, News, Society301by KYAW ZAYAR WIN / DVB
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    Betel vendors spitting mad at prospect of govt ban

    Sales of betel quid are down almost by half in many parts of Burma amid rumours of a government ban on chewing betel.

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    August 16, 2015in Lead Story, News, Video130by DVB
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    DVB Roadshow: Painful Chin tradition fading with time

    Join the DVB Roadshow team as they meet Chin hill tribe women who are among the last inked by a fading tradition.

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    April 16, 2015in Culture, Lead Story, News, Video448by REUTERS
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    Rangoon revels in New Year water party

    People in Burma have flocked onto the streets of Rangoon throughout this week, dancing and spraying water on one another to celebrate Thingyan festival and the ushering in of a…

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    January 19, 2015in Culture, Lead Story, News, Sport, Video1153by DVB
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    Keeping the fight alive

    Martial artists in Mandalay are offering free classes to students of Thaing Byaung Byan, a traditional Burmese combat-sport.

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    November 23, 2014in Chin, Culture, Lead Story, News, Video87by DVB
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    Chin women turn their faces away from painful practice

    Women in Chin State are rejecting an ancient custom of female facial tattoos.

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    November 8, 2014in Culture, Karenni, Lead Story, News66by THE BANGKOK POST
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    Karen long-necks stretch tradition

    Women of the Karen ethnic hilltribe in northern Thailand are renowned for their unusually long necks, stretched by multiple layers of neck-rings starting from the age of five. They are…

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