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Burma / Myanmar: A family pays their final respects to the deceased in their home, a Jinghpaw (Kachin) Baptist funeral, Myitkyina, Kachin State (1998)
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Title: Burma / Myanmar: A family pays their final respects to the deceased in their home, a Jinghpaw (Kachin) Baptist funeral, Myitkyina, 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.
. '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 / Pictures From Asia
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Image size: 5100 × 3243 px | 47.3 MB
Print size: 43.2 × 27.5 cm | 2007.9 × 1276.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ARUNACHAL PRADESH • ASIA • ASIAN • BAPTIST • BURIAL • BURMA • BURMESE • CHINA • CHINE • CHINESE • CHRIST • CHRISTIAN • CHRISTIANISM • CHRISTIANITY • CHRISTIANS • CRISTIANDAD • CRISTIANISMO • FUNERAL PROCESSION • FUNERAL • FUNERARY • HAAS • INDIA • JESUS CHRIST • JESUS • JINGHPAW • JINGPO • KACHIN • MINORITIES • MINORITY GROUP • MINORITY GROUPS • MINORITY • MYANMAR • MYITKYINA • PASSION OF CHRIST • PASSION • PORCELAIN • PROTESTANT • RELIGION • RELIGION: CHRISTIAN • SOUTHEAST ASIA • YUNNAN
