Journey into unseen Burma: Peter Popham and photographer Chris Steele-Perkins are among first foreign visitors to Chin State for 50 years - Executive Salad

Journey into unseen Burma: Peter Popham and photographer Chris Steele-Perkins are among first foreign visitors to Chin State for 50 years

A century ago, the people of Chin State, in the Burmese mountains, were fearsome hunters, known to decorate their huts with the heads of their enemies. Then, Baptist missionaries turned them into Christians – and they’ve lived, ever since, in towns straight out of the US frontier, marooned in a largely Buddhist land.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/journey-into-unseen-burma-peter-popham-and-photographer-chris-steeleperkins-are-among-first-foreign-visitors-to-chin-state-for-50-years-9314058.html

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