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Burma / Myanmar: Sao Kya Seng, saopha< / i> or Shan feudal lord of Hsipaw State (1947-1962) and Sao Nang Thusandi (born Inge Eberhard, Austria), as Saophalong and Mahadevi of Hsipaw, c. 1959
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Burma / Myanmar: Sao Kya Seng, saopha< / i> or Shan feudal lord of Hsipaw State (1947-1962) and Sao Nang Thusandi (born Inge Eberhard, Austria), as Saophalong and Mahadevi of Hsipaw, c. 1959
Caption:
Hsipaw State was perhaps one of the most well known and powerful saopha Shan States. According to the biography of Sao Nang Hearn Hkam (the chief wife, Madhidevi of Sao Shwe Thaik, the first president of Myanmar and another saopha of Hsenwi), Hsipaw, along with Kengtung and Yawnghwe were the wealthiest and most powerful saopha states in Shan State.
. The Saophas played fluctuating roles in regional Shan and national Burmese politics from the 11th century all the way until the 1962 military coup by General Ne Win.
. The Saophas played fluctuating roles in regional Shan and national Burmese politics from the 11th century all the way until the 1962 military coup by General Ne Win.
Credit:
Album / Universal Images Group / Pictures From History
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Image size:
4920 x 3660 px | 51.5 MB
Print size:
41.7 x 31.0 cm | 16.4 x 12.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1959 • ASIA • ASIAN • BURMA • BURMESE • CHAOFA • CLOTHES • CLOTHING • CLOTHINGS • COSTUME • DISGUISE • DRESS • DRESSED • GARMENT • HABIT • HSENWI • HSIPAW STATE • HSIPAW • INDIA • INDIAN • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS • INDIO • INDUMENTARIA • INGE EBERHARD • KING • LORD (NOBILITY) • LORD • MAHADEVI • MASQUERADE • MONARCH • MYANMAR • PHOTOGRAPH • ROBE • RULER • SAO KYA SENG • SAO NANG THUSANDI • SAOPHA • SAOPHALONG • SAWBWA • SHAN STATE • SHAN • SUIT • TAI YAI • ZHAO
