Woman selling thanaka cream and logs at the Nyaung U (Nyaung Oo) marketplace (Mani Sithu) in Nyaung U, near Bagan Myanmar (Burma)

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Thanakha cream is made by grinding the bark, wood, or roots of a thanakha tree. With a small amount of water on a circular slate slab called kyauk pyin, which has a channel around the rim for the water to drain into. A tree must be at least 35 years old before it is considered mature enough to yield good-quality cuttings.

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Location: Bagan, Myanmar Burma
Photo credit: © Rick Rudnicki / Alamy / Afripics
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