article_snippet: Burma's tattooing tradition exists alongside other customs such as playing the flute through the nose.
article_snippet: Other tribal customs, such as changing a woman's name when a woman becomes a mother, remain intact, as does a continuing belief in the power of the village shaman and his totems.
article_snippet: Traditional lives: All three tribes live in remote mountain villages and, as a result, are still adept at handicrafts and believe in shamans .
article_snippet: That many of the Chin, Muun and Magan traditions, including, rather charmingly, a penchant for playing the flute using the nose, exist intact only because of the villages' remoteness.
article_snippet: Extra money: Most of The tribes are self-sufficient but make extra money through weaving and basket making .
article_snippet: Precipitous: The tribes live deep in the mountains in small villages that cling precariously to the steep slopes .