Lahpai Htu Raw, like her pioneer educator mother Nangzing Hka Jan, was a trailblazer. The 9th child, and 4th daughter of the Pangmu Duwa Rev. Lahpai Lahpai Zau Tu and Nangzing Hka Jan, she was the first Kachin woman to receive a college education. A bright child, Htu Raw learned to read even before she started school. […]
Hkachyang Raw: First Kachin Female Soldier At a time when women fighters were not allowed to join the army, one Kachin woman beat the odds to become an enlisted soldier, fighting in the front lines with her male counterparts. Posing as a man, Hkachyang Raw enlisted with the Northern Kachin Levies, a British special force […]
Capt. Dau Hkawng is one who clearly deserves to be in the Burma Army competitive shooting hall of fame. He dominated the sport, winning championship after championship title atinter-regimental competitions at home and abroad, spanning a period of over 2 decades from British colonial times to the early days of independence. Dau Hkawng left home […]
According to Kachin mythology, the original dancing of the manau was first performed by nats, or spirits, and birds were afterwards invited to participate in the dance. But legend also has it that it was the birds that developed the artistic expression of dance which man later emulated and gave the name manau, literally meaning […]
Photo: Graduates of the Kutkai Bible Training School, KTCS Translated excerpt from “A History of the Kachin Bible School” The general meeting of the Kachin Baptist Association held at Manhkring in 1930, elected 3 delegates to the second annual general meeting of the Burma Baptist Convention (BBC) to be held in Rangoon. The delegates were: […]
(Edited and translated from the original in Burmese) As a Captain (King’s Commissioned Officer) in the Burma Rifles, I was evacuated with other military officers and essential staff when the Japanese invaded Burma in early 1942, and the British had to make a hasty retreat to India. In India, Kachin and Karen military evacuees like […]
