Jino people
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The Jino people are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live in an area called the Jino Mountains in easte
Teeth blackening
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Teeth blackening or teeth lacquering is a custom of dyeing one's teeth black. It was most predominantly practiced in Southeast Asian and Oceanic cultures, particularly among Austronesian, Austroasiati
An Akha woman from Myanmar with blackened teeth
Ukiyo-e by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 'Twenty-Four Hours at Shinbashi and Yanagibashi', print 13, showing a woman applying ohaguro
Ukiyo-e of yama-uba with blackened teeth
Vietnamese statues depicting the traditional practice of teeth blackening (nhuộm răng đen).