Last woman with tattooed face
www.chinaview.cn 2007-02-28 08:41:57

Jiasong of Derung Nationality weaves cloth in Drung-Nu Autonomous County of Gongshan, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 20, 2006. Jiasong, the last tattooed woman of Derung ethnic group, was forced to got tatooes in 1966. The old custom which brought much pain to Derung girls was abolished in 1967.

Jiasong of Derung Nationality weaves cloth in Drung-Nu Autonomous County of Gongshan, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 20, 2006. Jiasong, the last tattooed woman of Derung ethnic group, was forced to got tattoos in 1966. The old custom which brought much pain to Derung girls was abolished in 1967.
(Xinhua/Zhou Zhongyao)
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