This is Pwe Htang a 70 year old lady from the Daai Tribe. She lives in a small hamlet outside Kampetlet. Pwe learned to play the nose flute and a small, harp type instrument at the age of 14. She learned to play by watching others in the village. At the young age of 15 she decided to have her face tattooed. She recalls how there was a lot of pressure put on her by others in the village. They explained that she would not be able to find a husband without the tattoos. She did marry eventually but her husband died recently and she now lives with her only son. Chin State, Myanmar, 2017

Street vendors. Mandalay,Myanmar,2017.

Bagan, located in an active earthquake zone, had suffered from many earthquakes over the ages, with over 400 recorded earthquakes between 1904 and 1975. A major earthquake occurred on 8 July 1975, reaching 8 MM in Bagan and Myinkaba, and 7 MM in Nyaung-U. The quake damaged many temples, in many cases, such as the Bupaya, severely and irreparably. Today, 2229 temples and pagodas remain. Many of these damaged pagodas underwent restorations in the 1990s by the military government, which sought to make Bagan an international tourist destination. However, the restoration efforts instead drew widespread condemnation from art historians and preservationists worldwide. Critics are against that the restorations paid little attention to original architectural styles, and used modern materials, Bagan,Myanmar,2017.