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41Lacquerware — One of Burma s most distinctive arts. Lacquerware items are usually fashioned of coiled bamboo strips, upon which as many as seven successive coats of sap or resin (thit si in Burmese) from a large tree (species Gluta usitata) are applied.… …
42Lahus — An ethnic minority nationality who speak languages belonging to the Tibeto Burman group and live between the Salween (Thanlwin) and Mekong Rivers in Shan State, around Keng Tung. Linguistically the Lahus are closely related to the Akhas and… …
43National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State — (NDAA ESS) A cease fire armed group formed after the breakup of the Communist Party of Burma in 1989, which is based in Shan State, north of Keng Tung. With an armed strength of 3,500 4,000 men, it is considered a major player in the drug… …
44Panthays — Chinese Muslims from Yunnan Province, who migrated in large numbers to the Burma China border region following the suppression by the Chinese government of a Muslim rebellion between 1856 and 1873. Many settled in the Wa district and Keng Tung …
45Regional Military Commands — (RMC) Before 1988, the Army (Tatmadaw Kyi) conducted its operations on the regional level through nine Regional Level Commands, which after the establishment of the State Law and Order Restoration Council were expanded to 12. At the… …
46Shan Language — A member of the Tai Kadai group of languages. It is monosyllabic and tonal, the number of tones more complex than the Burmese (Myanmar) language of the Sino Tibetan group. The same combination of consonants and vowels, pronounced with… …
47Shans — (Tai) Burma s most numerous ethnic minority, comprising an estimated 9 percent of the total population (more than 4 million people). They call themselves Tai. The Burmese name for them, Shan, apparently shares a common origin with Siam, the …
48Wa States — A region of northeastern Shan State, between the Salween (Thanlwin) River and the Chinese border, south of Kokang and northwest of Keng Tung, which is the homeland of the Was. With an area of about 6,000 square miles, one tenth the area of… …
49Was — An ethnic minority group who live in northeastern Shan State and adjacent areas of China s Yunnan Province, though before the coming of the Shans (Tai) they were more widespread and were probably the original inhabitants of Keng Tung. Of… …
50World War II, Ethnic Minorities in — World War II and the Japanese Occupation transformed relations between the indigenous and nonindigenous ethnic minorities and the Burman (Bamar) ethnic majority. In Lower Burma, the Japanese invasion and antiIndian incidents led to the… …
