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The Karenni (Burmese: ကရင်နီ, lit. ' red Karen ' ), also known as the Kayah ( Burmese : ကယားလူမျိုး ) or Kayah Li ( Karenni : ꤊꤢ꤬ꤛꤢ꤭ꤜꤟꤤ꤬ ), are a Karen people native to the Kayah State of Myanmar (Burma).
According to Karenni legends, the Eugenia tree was the first to be grown after the creation of the world. [3] Due to its significance, a tall and straight Eugenia tree is specially cut to serve as a totem pole called kay htoe boe on an auspicious day. [2] [3] The Karenni recognise three types of totems: male, female, and rice paddy. [1]
A Kayan Lahwi girl. The Kayan are a sub-group of Red Karen (Karenni people), Tibeto-Burman ethnic minority of Myanmar (Burma). The Kayan consists of the following groups: Kayan Lahwi (also called Padaung, ပဒေါင် [bədàʊɰ̃]), Kayan Ka Khaung (Gekho), Kayan Kadao, Kayan Lahta (Zayein people), Kayan Ka Ngan, Kayan Kakhi and, sometimes, Bwe people (Kayaw).
The Karen [a] (/ k ə ˈ r ɛ n / ⓘ kə-REN), also known as the Kayin, Kariang or Kawthoolese, are an ethnolinguistic group of Tibeto-Burman language-speaking people.The group as a whole is heterogeneous and disparate as many Karen ethnic groups do not associate or identify with each other culturally or linguistically.
Huay Pu Keng (Thai: ห้วยปูแกง) is a village located in the Mae Hong Son province, in the northwest of Thailand.The village is inhabited by the Tai Yai, a Thai ethnic community and four subgroups of the Karenni people, namely the Kayan, Kayaw, Red Karen and Pakayor.
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Karenni teenagers at Panama City Beach, Florida. As of June 2022 there were 75,218 Karen refugees that had been resettled in the United States, with an additional 13,509 of the Karenni ethnicity. [12] These numbers may be inaccurate as the statistics cover only Karen who came after 2000 and counted as refugees.
Karenni or Red Karen (Kayah Li: ꤊꤢꤛꤢ꤭ ꤜꤟꤤ꤬; Burmese: ကရင်နီ), known in Burmese as Kayah (Burmese: ကယား), is a Karen dialect continuum spoken by over half a million Kayah people (Red Karen) in Burma. The name Kayah has been described as "a new name invented by the Burmese to split them off from other Karen". [2]