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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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.
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…
Keeping the fight alive
Martial artists in Mandalay are offering free classes to students of Thaing Byaung Byan, a traditional Burmese combat-sport.
Chin women turn their faces away from painful practice
Women in Chin State are rejecting an ancient custom of female facial tattoos.
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…