The smallest of the three main ethnic communities from Kayah State on Myanmar’s eastern border with Thailand, the Kayaw’s literature and culture committee is also the oldest …
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Kayan Literature and Culture Committee
The Kayan Lawi are a sub-community from Kayah State on Myanmar’s eastern border with Thailand, recognised for the tradition of wearing brass coils around their necks and knees (and the origin of the shameful moniker ‘giraffe-necks’) …
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The Kayah Li, or Red Kayah, are the largest of the possible nine ethnic communities that make up Kayah State, the smallest of Myanmar’s ethnic states, along the eastern border with Thailand …
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The penultimate Hidden Words, Hidden Worlds workshop took place in Kayah State at the beginning of June. Once a black zone where foreigners were forbidden to travel beyond the capital, Loikaw, Kayah State is home to three main ethnic groups, the Kayah, Kayan and Kayaw. It is these three groups that the workshop targeted, with 6 participants from each represented …
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