Tag Archive for: Inle Lake Area
Novice Monk at the Door by Ryszard Wierzbicki
The novice monks occupy a separate building on the other side of the road and they are responsible for cleaning the environment around the monastery complex. Catching close contact with young novice monks is very difficult because of their limitations and restrictions in contact with the lay world.
Visiting the Floating Village by Ryszard Wierzbicki
Local inhabitants are called the Intha, and they are devout Buddhists who drive their flat-bottom boats by standing on the stern with one leg and using the other leg with the oar to row in order to obtain better vision over the reeds.
Chin Tribe Tatoo by Ryszard Wierzbicki
Chin families are believed to have tattooed their daughters’ faces to make them appear less desirable, and less likely to be kidnapped by travelling Burmese kings who would want to take them for wives. The Burmese socialist government banned the practice of face tattooing in 1972 as part of its program of modernization. This elderly woman is one of the last generation to bear facial tattoos. The chapter of Chin history will be vanished forever when she passed away.