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Lighting of hot air balloons by the Shan people in Shan State, and lanterns nationwide Kyi Ma No Festival Mischief-making Kahtein Thingan Offering Festival Between Thadingyut and Tazaungmon Offering of Kathina robes to Buddhist monks Nadaw (December) Karen New Year: Marks the new year of the Karen people: Nat festivals [7]
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.
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 .
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The Shan States were a dominant force in the politics of Upper Burma throughout the 13th to 16th centuries. The strongest Shan States, Mogaung, Mongyang and Hsenwi, constantly raided Upper Burma. Mogaung ended the kingdoms of Sagaing and Pinya in 1364. However, the Shan States were too fragmented to resist the encroachment of bigger neighbours.
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]
The Shan Hills (Burmese: ရှမ်းရိုးမ; Shan Yoma), also known as Shan Highland, is a vast mountainous zone that extends through Yunnan to Myanmar and Thailand. The whole region is made up of numerous peaks separated mostly by narrow valleys, as well as a few broader intermontane basins .
Kengtung was the largest of the states in present-day Shan State and ranked first in the order of precedence at the time of the invasion of the Shan States by the British Empire. It was also the easternmost of the Southern Shan States, lying almost entirely east of the Salween and stretching eastwards to the Mekong.