(Reuters) - Myanmar's Shan people and their homeland, Shan State, have been under de facto occupation by the Burmese-dominated military since a 1962 coup. - The Shan are the second-largest ethnic ...
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Photos of vivid Buddhist celebration in Thailand that’s a rite of passage for Shan boys
The Poy Sang Long celebration is a vibrant three-day ritual before boys of Myanmar's Shan people enter monastic life for up to one month Dressed in flowers, finery and make-up, scores of boys were ...
PIANG PHRA CAMP, THAI-MYANMAR BORDER (dpa) – Nan Thaw fled to this border enclave last month with his wife and two small children to escape the Wa, a people in search of a new homeland. “They took our ...
This article was originally published in The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar. This edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Since the ...
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