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October 1989

Thanaka Wood

Thanaka is a yellowish-white cosmetic paste made from ground bark from the thanaka tree. It is a distinctive feature of Myanmar (formerly Burma)
seen commonly applied to the face and sometimes the arms of women and girls and to a lesser extent men and boys.


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