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	At this Kayang housewarming, old and new traditions combine to create a lavish party of music, religion and feasting 
        
    
            
	Kamella Lama has never married, but she has looked after her family's Gurkha wedding treasures for most of her adult life
        
    
            
	Sai Han Line is one of the last Shan traditional tattooists and has an almost mystical reputation among the young men who queue for his designs
        
    
            
	An eloquent advocate for the Naga people, Athong Makury compiled a dictionary of his tribe's language to preserve their voice
        
    
            
	The fields of graceful totem poles that dot Kayah state are the result of a festival that locals say is as old as the world itself 
        
    
            
	Introduced during British colonial times, horse carts have become synonymous with the hill town of Pyin Oo Lwin 
        
    
            
	Saw Reh is worried that ancient traditions are being lost, that's why the civil servant has taken to shadowing a local shaman to learn his skills 
        
    
            
	Pascal Khoo Thwe's journey from tribesman to Cambridge graduate and author is entwined with the ache of exile 
	 
        
    
            
	There’s a graceful pride in the way that Cë̀kom carries herself that lets you know she is the daughter of a former Lahe chief
        
    









