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Myanmar Culture & Nature
CHIN STATE
 It is located in the westernmost part of Myanmar, accessible
by road from Bagan, one of the most famous ecotourism sites in
Myanmar, recently growing in popularity. It becomes famous for
its Mt. Victoria at an elevation of 3108 m. Hakha is the capital
of Chin State and the gate way to the famous Naga Land. It
stands on the Chin mountain range. An excursion to chin provides
you opportunities to observe their traditional custom and chin
women with tattoos on their faces and also to watch the rare
bird species which cannot be found in anywhere else in the
world. Of the small towns in chin state, Kanpalat and Mindut are
now visited by tourists for its picturesque beautiful scenery
and fine weather. Hunting being one of the Chin national
pastimes, you can see various head bones of animals proudly
hanged at walls of their house. Their primitive weapon is the
bow. In chin this weapon is universal, being used both in
fighting and hunting such larger animals.
KANPALAT
Kanpalat is a small town located in beautiful mountain
setting at an altitude of over 4000 feet above the sea level,
120 mile west of Bagan. It is main gate way to the famous Mt.
Victoria, the highest mountain in Chin State. It is small but
there are many interesting village with Chin women with tattoos
on their faces near the town. It is an ideal spot for overnight
stops before making a trekking trip to Mt. Victoria. A two hour
drive from Kanpalat is 10-Mile base camp, a starting point for 3
hour trekking excursion to the summit.
MINDUT
 It is one of the British administrative towns in their time
and also the second largest town in Chin State. It is situated
on the mountain range at an altitude of 5000 ft. Many
intersection Chin villages located on the hill sides and in
valleys of the Chin mountain ranges. Most of the tourists can
visit houses of the Chin tattooed faces women, by trekking to
their villages around Mindut. Most of them keep their
traditional customs and still use their traditional costume. All
of the hill tribes are animist and still believe in shaman. They
always celebrate the Nut (Spirits) festival once a year. The
biggest festival in Mindut is their Chin New Year Festival,
always taking place in February. Most of the different Chin
tribes come and meet on their New Year festival. It is a good
opportunity to see all these different Chin tribes during the
festival in one sitting.
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| It is the special excursion
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| Naga Land is the last exotic
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| Myanmar Ayeyawaddy Dolphin is
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| There are many ranges of mountains. |
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| The first locomotive of Myanmar ..... |
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