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Meiteis made many types of clothes using different looms like khwang-iyong, pan-iyong, and fly-shuttle. Until 1990, the tradition of khwang-iyong continued. There was a market called 'Zecho' that sold only Meitei products. The word 'Zecho' means a market for both luxury and cheap items. [4] In Myanmar, silk fabrics are divided into four types ...
Clothing in Myanmar varies depending on the ethnicity, geography, climate and cultural traditions of the people of each region of Myanmar (Burma). The most widely recognized Burmese national costume is the longyi , which is worn by both males and females nationwide.
7 languages. العربية ... Textile industry of Myanmar (1 C) Pages in category "Burmese clothing" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The Karen people aspired to have the regions where they formed the majority turned into a subdivision or "state" within Myanmar similar to what the Shan, Kachin and Chin peoples had been given. A goodwill mission led by Saw Tha Din and Saw Ba U Gyi to London in August 1946 failed to receive any encouragement from the British government for any ...
The "major national ethnic races" are grouped primarily according to region rather than linguistic or ethnic affiliation, as for example the Shan Major National Ethnic Race includes 33 ethnic groups speaking languages in at least four widely differing language families. [1] Myanmar's contemporary politics around ethnicity surround treating ...
The world's second largest fashion retail group doesn’t directly own factories in the country but sources production to local suppliers. H&M’s Myanmar operations involve 39 factories and 26 ...
During this time, King Bagyidaw took some Meitei people to Myanmar by promising them jobs. In 1820 and 1821, he took 30,000 Meitei people each year to Myanmar. Later, Meitei King Gambhir Singh (Meitei: ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ ꯒꯝꯚꯤꯔ ꯁꯤꯡꯍ) of Manipur, with the help of the British, formed the Manipur Levy and drove the invaders out of ...
The clothing was then believed to have been traded to other people living in local areas and thus slowly became the national clothing within the Chin community (Chin National Clothing). Many tribes have adopted their own variation of colours and patterns But the clothing of Zotung people is the original patterned and colour from tuithangnung.