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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).
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).
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]
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.
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.
Kayah State (Burmese: ကယားပြည်နယ်, pronounced [kəjá pjìnɛ̀]), or Karenni State, is a state of Myanmar.Situated in eastern Myanmar, it is bounded on the north by Shan State, on the east by Thailand's Mae Hong Son Province, and on the south and west by Kayin State.
A man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a Northern California woman in what became widely known as the “Gone Girl” kidnapping has been charged with two 15-year-old home invasion sexual ...
S'gaw Karen girls of Khun Yuam District, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand A Karen village in Thailand. The Thai government historically used Karen State as a buffer against the Burmese. After WWII the Thais were afraid of a communist insurgency developing from a union between China-supported Thai and Burmese communists. Thus the Thai and US ...