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Burma / Myanmar: Jinghpaw (Kachin) ceremonial house at the manau< / i> grounds (a manau< / i> is a traditional dance ceremony), Waingmaw, Kachin State (1998)

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: Jinghpaw (Kachin) ceremonial house at the manau< / i> grounds (a manau< / i> is a traditional dance ceremony), Waingmaw, Kachin State (1998)
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.
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Keywords: ARCHITECTURAL ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE. ARUNACHAL PRADESH ASIA ASIAN BURMA BURMESE CEREMONY CHINA CHINE CHINESE DANCE DANCING DANSE FASHION FESTIVAL HAAS HOUSE HOUSES INDIA JINGHPAW JINGPO KACHIN MAIL MANAU MAST MATT MINORITIES MINORITY GROUP MINORITY GROUPS MINORITY MODA MODE MYANMAR POLE PORCELAIN POST SOUTHEAST ASIA TRADITION TRADITIONAL TRADITIONS WAINGMAW YUNNAN