Burma/Myanmar: A woman smoking a cheroot sells calabashes in Mong Yawng in Shan State in 1929. Located in the northeast of the country, Shan State covers one-quarter of Burma’s land mass. It was traditionally separated into principalities and is mostly comprised of ethnic Shan, Burman Pa-O, Intha, Taungyo, Danu, Palaung and Kachin peoples.

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