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In Thailand, many of the Palaung in northern Thailand are refugees living in refugee camps. Many of them have fled in the past decades from Shan State to escape persecution and oppression at the hands of various Myanmar's military rulers. [9] [10] In China, the De'ang (Palaung) are found in the Zhenkang County and Gengma County.
The Shan use the endonym Tai (တႆး) in reference to themselves, which is also used in Chinese (Chinese: 傣族; pinyin: Dǎizú). [6] Shan (ရှမ်း) is an exonym from the Burmese language; the term itself was historically spelt သျှမ်း (MLCTS: hsyam:), and is cognate with the term Siam, the former name of Thailand. [7]
Taunggyi is the fifth largest city of Myanmar, [3] although Taunggyi is the capital of Shan State , [4] 45% of Population are Pa'O people and has an estimated population of 380,665 as of 2014. [5] The city is famous for its hot air balloon festival held annually on the full moon day of Tazaungmon .
Shan State (Shan: မိူင်းတႆး, Möng Tai; Burmese: ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, pronounced [ʃáɰ̃ pjìnɛ̀]) is a state of Myanmar.Shan State borders China to the north, Laos (Louang Namtha and Bokeo Provinces) to the east, and Thailand (Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son Provinces) to the south, and five administrative divisions of Myanmar in the west.
His pride is Golden Tandoori Bakery, a wholesale business that he has run with his wife, Melinda McGraw, since 2018 out of a shop on Lamartine Street.
Authentic tandoori cuisine in urban areas can often be found in specialty restaurants and dhabas, which are street-side reasonably fared restaurants that usually line Indian highways. [3] However, in rural areas in India such as Punjab, the tandoor oven is considered a social institution, for a tandoor oven is shared among the community.
The Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (Burmese: ရှမ်းတိုင်းရင်းသားများ ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် ပါတီ [ʃáɴ táɪɴjɪ́ɴðámjá dìmòkərɛʔtɪʔ pàtì]; abbreviated SNDP), also known as the White Tiger Party or Kya Phyu Party [1] is a political party in Myanmar (Burma).
Graphical summary of the development of Tai scripts from a Shan perspective, as reported in Sai Kam Mong's Shan Script book. The Shan script is a Brahmic abugida, used for writing the Shan language, which was derived from the Burmese script. [2] Due to its recent reforms, the Shan alphabet is more phonetic than other Burmese-derived scripts. [3]