Ethnic In Myanmar
Kayin (Karen) Tribes
The Karen people are one of the ethnic group in Myanmar. The Kayin people are recognized as a “major national ethnic race” comprising three ethnic sub-group (Skaw Karen, Pwo Karen, and Bwe Karen)
Traditionally Karen people practiced Animism (spirit worship). There are cave shrines at Kawgun in Karen State that are almost one thousand years old, and most Karen people have also practiced Buddhism since this time. Skaw Karen are Christians and Pwo Karen are Buddhists. But the both are a very open religion and coexist happily.
Kayin new year in Jaunary, Kayin state day in November are the most famous. Other such as harvest festival and drinking water arrangement festival at villages are popular among the Kayin people.
Chin Tribes
The Chin are one of the ethnic group in Myanmar. Chin State is located in the southern part of northwestern Burma (Myanmar), bordered by Bangladesh and India to the west, Rekhine State to the south. Mt. Victoria or Nat Ma Taung is the highest mountain in the Chin state, reaching a height of 10200 feet or 3100 meters above sea level.
The majority of Chins are Christians, with most belonging to Protestant denominations, especially Baptist. The Chin people are one of the large ethnic minority groups in Burma.
The most popular sub-groups of Naga are also Chin Ethnic. The chin people in Southern Chin Hills used to have the custom of tattooing on the face of the women (called by Burmese people “Payae”). The Chin women usually wears Traditional drum and shaped silver earrings. Among the ethnic chin tribes, ladies with tattoos on their faces are a unique sight of the Chin State.
Mon Tribes
The Mon are an ethnic group from Burma (Myanmar), living mostly in Mon State, Bago Division, and along the southern Thai-Myanmar border. Mon State is home to the Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda, an extraordinary golden rock perched precariously on a mountain outcrop.
The Mo, a distinctive branch of the Mon-Khmer peoples were probably the earliest of modern day inhabitants to settle in the plains of Myanmar.
They are related to the early inhabitants of Thailand and Cambodia who also spoke Mon-Khmer languages. The symbol of the Mon people is Hintha, a mythological swan.
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