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  2. Burmese people - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Bamar people - Wikipedia

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    In the Burmese language, Bamar (ဗမာ, also transcribed Bama) and Myanmar (မြန်မာ, also transliterated Mranma and transcribed Myanma) [note 1] have historically been interchangeable endonyms. [5] Burmese is a diglossic language; "Bamar" is the diglossic low form of "Myanmar," which is the diglossic high equivalent. [7]

  4. List of ethnic groups in Myanmar - Wikipedia

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    The government of Myanmar does not recognise several ethnic groups as being among the list of 135 officially recognised ethnic groups: Anglo-Burmese people; Burmese Chinese; Panthay [9] Burmese Indians [10] Taungtha people; Rohingya people; Burmese gorkhas/Nepalese; Burmese Mizos; Jews; Bamar Muslims (Pathi) Thaungtha is similar with rabain

  5. Myanmar - Wikipedia

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    Myanmar, [f] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar [g] 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. [18]

  6. Culture of Myanmar - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Myanmar (Burma) (Burmese: မြန်မာ့ယဉ်ကျေးမှု; MLCTS: /mranma yanykye:hmu/) has been heavily influenced by Buddhism. Burmese culture has also been influenced by its neighbours.

  7. Opponents vow ‘beginning of the end’ for Myanmar’s junta as ...

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    Throughout years of conflict in Myanmar’s jungles and mountains, ethnic people have witnessed and been subjected to atrocities including massacres, rape and other forms of sexual violence ...

  8. History of Myanmar - Wikipedia

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    The Burmese people felt that U Thant was denied a state funeral that he deserved as a statesman of international stature because of his association with U Nu. On 23 March 1976, over 100 students were arrested for holding a peaceful ceremony ( Hmaing yabyei ) to mark the centenary of the birth of Thakin Kodaw Hmaing who was the greatest Burmese ...

  9. Burmese Indians - Wikipedia

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    The term 'Burmese Indian' refers to a broad range of people from South Asia, most notably from present-day countries such as India and Bangladesh. While Indians have lived in Burma for many centuries, most of the ancestors of the current Burmese Indian community emigrated to Burma from the start of British rule in the mid-19th century to the ...