article_snippet: Isolated: The tribes live far from the Burmese capital Naypyidaw in a mountainous area that was cut off until two years ago .
article_snippet: As a result, few women now have the markings, with the majority of those who do living hidden away in the mountainous Chin, Rakhine and Arakan regions - all of which were closed off to visitors until two years ago.
article_snippet: The Mount Victoria area in which they live was closed to outsiders until two years ago.
article_snippet: Although many villagers have left in search of work in Naypyidaw, the capital of Burma, and in countries such as Singapore, those who remain live much as many villagers always have - without electricity and with sightings of foreigners few and far between.
article_snippet: In Pan Baung village only six tattooed women, all of whom are now in all of whom 80s, remain.
article_snippet: Many live on Mount Victoria (pictured), which is too steep for most visitors to navigate .
highlights_snippet: Many tribal villages are high on Mount Victoria and were completely cut off by the regime until two years ago .
  