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Jinghpaw (Jinghpaw ga, Jìngphòʔ gà, ဈိာင်ဖေါစ်) or Kachin (Burmese: ကချင်ဘာသာ, [kətɕɪ̀ɰ̃ bàðà]) is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Sal branch spoken primarily in Kachin State, Myanmar; Northeast India; and Yunnan, China.
The Jingpo people [a] (Burmese: ဂျိန်းဖော; Chinese: 景颇族; pinyin: Jǐngpō zú; siŋphou) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group who are the largest subgroup of the Kachin peoples.
Kachin women in traditional dress. The Kachin peoples (Jingpo: Ga Hkyeng, lit. ' "red soil" '; Burmese: ကချင်လူမျိုး; MLCTS: ka. hkyang lu myui:, pronounced [kətɕɪ̀ɰ̃ lù mjó]), more precisely the Kachin Wunpong (Jingpo: Jinghpaw Wunpawng, "The Kachin Confederation") or simply Wunpong ("The Confederation"), are a confederation of ethnic groups who inhabit the ...
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Manaw Festival (Burmese: မနောပွဲ, Jinghpaw: Manau Poi) is an annual traditional dance festival celebrated by Kachin people.Mostly held at Myitkyina, Kachin State also known as မနောမြေ( Manaw Land ) in Myanmar and also celebrated by Kachin people around the world.
James Matisoff (2012) [15] makes the following observations about the Sal grouping.. Although Bodo–Garo and Northeastern Naga are indeed closely related, Jingpho and Northeastern Naga (Konyak) seem to be even more closely related to each other than Jingpho and Bodo-Garo are to each other.
A manau ground in Mangshi, China. The manau (Burmese: မနော; Chinese: 目瑙纵歌) (pinyin-mù nǎo zòng gē) dance is a traditional ceremony common to the Kachin (or Jinghpaw) people of northern Myanmar (Burma), Yunnan, China and Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Detachment 101 training camp at Nazira. Squad of Kachin Rangers. Celebrating Eifler's promotion to colonel in the field. Merrill and Stilwell meet near Naubum, Burma. OSS Detachment 101 officers Left to right: Jingpaw Rangers, Headquarters, and Kachin Rangers shoulder sleeve insignia.