MYANMAR
Ethnic groups
October - 2016. Rakhine State There are 135 ethnic groups in Myanmar. Chin, Akha, Padaung, Intha, Akhu and Pa'O, are the ethnic groups selected in these photos. Going up the river by motor boat from the city of Sittwe, after 6 hours you will arrive at Mrauk-U. From here then another 3 hours by boat to get to the Chin villages where you can meet the "spider" women, with their faces tattooed with a design in the shape of a spider web.