A Yinbaw Ethnic Minority Woman In Kayah State Myanmar

Portrait of a Yinbaw ethnic minority woman on 20th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Yinbaw womens traditional costume is mainly black with brightly coloured pom-poms and similarly decorated head-dresses