Chin State

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.