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 […]
Photo: CBI history Since the few remaining months leading up to the end of 1948, the Karen Nation Union(KNU) troops had been fighting the HPSPL government. On July 3 in 1948, the KNU troops attacked the police station in Tahtong and took control of the town. The same year on August 31, the KNU and […]
(An abbreviated version of the Pangmu Duwa Lahpai Zau Tu’s Oral Rendition) Our first homeland (Majoi Shingra) was said to have been on a vast, fertile plateau somewhere up north in Mongolia. The Majoi Shingra community thrived, and in no time evolved into a strong major race, the land becoming known as Singhpaw Dan Layang […]
Du Kaba Malizup Zau Mai passed away at a private hospital in Rangoon after a long illness on October 27. Du Kaba Zau Mai was of the Nhkum clan but apparently took Malizup (Mali River Confluence) as his family name to honor his Hka Hku heritage. He was one of the founding members (popularly referred […]
