shan shan eat mango

shan shan eat mango Mya rubbed drops of water into the tree bark to form a yellow paste. She smeared it on my forehead and cheeks, finishing with the flourish of a dab at the end of my nose. The children jostling around me looked on, giggling. Their faces were also painted in elaborate yellow loops and circles and swirls. Applying thanaka pigment is a traditional beauty treatment in Burma, and it felt like a gift to be decorated like everyone else. I was spending the day in the home of Mya's father, 62-year-old Than, and his family, who live in a stilted house on Inle Lake, one of the country's most popular tourist sights. The lake is home to the Intha people, who are known for a one-legged rowing technique and for floating vegetable gardens that rise and fall with the water level. Some locals have also taken to opening up their homes to tourists. Than welcomed me into his front room and we sat cross-legged on the rattan floor sharing plum cordial and boiled sweets while listening to his grandchildren sing "Baa Baa Black Sheep". We discussed the difficulty of sourcing clean water, how to tie the traditional longyi wraparound, his achievements in the sport of cane ball and the future of his family. "We want more visitors," he said, as Moe, my guide, translated. "Tourism is good for boat drivers, for workers in restaurants and hotels; it is good for so many people."

shan shan eat mango