Asian Geographic

Spiritual Skin A Pilgrim’s Progress Rememberin­g Burmese Days A former Shan princess of Hsipaw remembers the country and people she left behind From Past to Present

Discover Asia’s vanishing traditiona­l tattoos with a cultural anthropolo­gist who has been studying these sacred ink practices for over 20 years Burma underwent significan­t changes after Inge Sargent left the country. Take at look at her former home Hsipaw

- BY LARS KRUTAK BY SOPHIE IBBOTSON BY JANNA GRABER BY MONICA PITRELLI

Follow five of Asia’s most majestic pilgrimage­s – from Japan’s snow country, to the mountainou­s vistas of Tibet and Sri Lanka, and trace religious passages through India and Turkey

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