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Burma / Myanmar: Shan farmers with village in the background, c.1892-96.

Burma / Myanmar: Shan farmers with village in the background, c.1892-96.

Located in the northeast of the country, Shan State covers one-quarter of Burma’s land mass. It was traditionally separated into principalities and is mostly comprised of ethnic Shan, Burman Pa-O, Intha, Taungyo, Danu, Palaung and Kachin peoples.

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