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The Myanmar Red Cross, for example, does carry out red cross related duties, but is also considered as a potential reserve force in times of conflict, while the War Veterans' Organisation is a quasi-political society. The following is a list of social and non-governmental organisations in Myanmar:
Burmese people, Officially Myanma people (Burmese: မြန်မာလူမျိုး) are citizens from Myanmar (Burma), irrespective of their ethnic or religious background. Myanmar is a multi-ethnic , multi-cultural and multi-lingual country.
Myanmar's contemporary politics around ethnicity surround treating ethnicity as a minoritising discourse, pitting a "pan-ethnic" national identity against minority groups. Often ethnicity identities in practice are flexible- sometimes as flexible as simply changing clothes- in part due to a lack of religious or caste stratification prior to ...
Myanmar, [d] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar [e] and also rendered as Burma (the official English form until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million.
Myanmar is home to a sizeable community of Meiteis, who are called Kathe in Burmese. [36] Unlike other Hindu communities in Myanmar, the Meitei resemble other Burmese ethnic groups in terms of physical appearance, which has accelerated their assimilation and integration into Burmese society. [36]
Bamar from this region are called anyar thar (အညာသား) in Burmese. [39] In the 1500s, with the expansion of the Toungoo Empire, the Bamar began populating the lower stretches of the Irrawaddy River valley, including Taungoo and Prome (now Pyay), helping to disseminate the Burmese language and Bamar social customs. [31]
Indiana is home to one of the largest groups of Burmese refugees in United States, and many are pulling for restoration of democracy in Myanmar.
"Jah hmuki nilu khana ka", literally meaning is "The One who sees us from above our head". The meaning is "who sees or looks after from above the human beings and beyond human beings visible". U Mnai Thang, Interviewed (Mindat Township: Madainnu Village, April 21, 2011). The study of Dai (Dai)people (Southern Chin State, Myanmar) by Dominique ...