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Burma / Myanmar: A Lisu couple in traditional costume from the Putao area. There is a great variety of costumes amongst groups considered 'Kachin', Kachin State (1997)

Remarkable for their military prowess, their receptivity to Christianity, and their intricate all-embracing kinship network, the Kachins are a hardy mountain people living in the remote hills of northern Burma and on the peripheries of India and China.<br/><br/>. 'Kachin' is actually a Burmese word that does not exist in any of the local dialects. Each Kachin tribe has a different name for themselves and their neighbours, but no word to describe the whole group.

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Title: Burma / Myanmar: A Lisu couple in traditional costume from the Putao area. There is a great variety of costumes amongst groups considered 'Kachin', Kachin State (1997)

Caption: Remarkable for their military prowess, their receptivity to Christianity, and their intricate all-embracing kinship network, the Kachins are a hardy mountain people living in the remote hills of northern Burma and on the peripheries of India and China.

. 'Kachin' is actually a Burmese word that does not exist in any of the local dialects. Each Kachin tribe has a different name for themselves and their neighbours, but no word to describe the whole group.

Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Oliver Hargreave / Pictures From History

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Image size: 3241 × 4724 px | 43.8 MB

Print size: 27.4 × 40.0 cm | 1276.0 × 1859.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ASIA • ASIAN • BURMA • BURMESE PEOPLES • BURMESE • COSTUME • DISGUISE • DRESS • ETHNIC • FASHION • GROUP • KACHIN • LISU • MASQUERADE • MINORITIES • MINORITY GROUP • MINORITY GROUPS • MINORITY • MODA • MODE • MYANMAR • OLIVER HARGREAVE • PUTAO • SOUTHEAST ASIA • TRADITION • TRADITIONAL • TRADITIONS