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Place
It is situated in northern sides of Myanmar and 3000 above sea level.
Weather
The annual rain fall is always 80" , but some parts get 160 ".A.V temperature is
about 80 F.
Scenery
Mountain ranges are joining from north to south so that ,the mighty Irrawaddy
river sources from the snow capped mountains and flow from north to south and
continue to southern sides of Myanmar.
Their traditional Costumes
Kachin men living in the lowlands wear dark blue and green longyis, while those
from the mountains wear trousers. The women wear distinctive red and black
headdresses, but the most colorful fashions are reserved for weddings and
festivals. Kachin wedding the groom presents his bride with a silver sword and a
shoulder bag to symbolize the offering of protection and material support.
Literature
They have their own alphabet base on Greece literature.
Worshipment
90% of Kachin are Christian some are still believing in traditional Nat
worshipping.
Seasonal Festival
Manaw Festival
Regional Product
Paddy, Timber, Cane, Bamboo, Coffee, Orange, Sugar Cane, Grapefruit, Tea Leaf
and Jade.
Art
Triummph, flute, drum, cymbal, big drum.
Morality
Hospitability, braveness and hand-watching honest.
Villages Establishment
Family group (or) clan are living in the same group.
Symbol
Manaw Pole
Their main products
The precious jewels, especially the jades are the proud of Kachin and there are
many of jades mines in the wholes area of the state and gold can be grease along
the river. Having the health growing of forest, timber is also the main products
of Kachin state, many kinds of bamboos are also aviliable here.
Funny and Festivals
The chief festivals of Kachin is Manaw festivals and it was held for their many
kinds of purposes. So that there are "5" kinds of Manaw and each has their own
purpose.
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Padan Manaw ***
It is held for the occasion of overcoming to all dangers / Victory ceremony.
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Soot Manaw ***
It was held for fellowship party to get new acquaintance, so that it is the
festival of social activities.
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Juu Manaw ***
It was held when one is feeling unwell or one of their elder was died. So it is
for memorial festivals for their departed relatives.
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Kwan Yan Manaw ***
Held for sharing the power of their great spirit or shift the spirit's shrine
when one of their relative separate from their main compound.
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Sha Dic Phawt ***
It is held to show their new land to their great spirit and chase the dangers
and bad spirit from that land by power of Spirit.
The festival is specially held not only for the consecration of Madine Spirit,
but also for the social activities and economic affairs. As the first
preparation of the festivals, the 4 Manaw poles have to be set at the ground of
their village master's compound. And have to adorn and decorate by their
traditional arts technique. The dance is imitated by the dance of birds so that
they must hold fan or shawl in their hands. They have to maintain the Manaw
poles until after one year of the festivals , because the can build their spirit
shrine by those poles later. Most foreigner who have been seen the Manaw
festivals recommended that it is very likely to the dance of red Indians who
live in America. Most of the foreigner use to go and study the festivals in
every January for the occasion of harvest festivals and new year festivals.
Kachin traditional and cultural Museum :
It is opened in 1994 and exhibit their traditional household things, the ancient
cultural heritages, silver ware, and jewels.
The famous confluence Of Irrawaddy
The main river of Irrawaddy it combine at the foot of the icy mountains and born
the incomparable confluence view. It is also the main attraction of the Kachin
state and the worth place to visit.
Snowcapped Mountain
Mt.Kakaborazi lies 180 miles north of Putao, the northernmost district in Kachin
State. It is about 19,351ft above sea level and the highest mountain in
Southeast Asia and 725 miles from Yangon.
Mt. Phonganrazi in the northwestern part of Putao Township, Kachin State, is the
most accessible and most convenience snowcapped mountain in the region for
climbing. Rising 11,500 ft above sea level, located between N latitude 27 5' and
E longitude 97 Mt. Phonganrazi is usually covered with ice and snow for about
eight months a year, except in August and September. The trip to Mt.Phonganrazi
starts at Putao that is 725 miles by air from Yangon.
Much similar to Mt.Kakaborazi and Mt.Phonganrazi, Lonkrumadin is a snow-capped
mountain in Kachin State near the border with India. It has a height of 10,450
ft above sea level. It can be reached from Putao that is 725 miles by air from
Yangon.
Ethnic Groups of Kachin
Jing Phaw
Tibeto-Myanmar people who followed the course of Maykha and Malikha rivers into
Myanmar the course of must. Numerous sub-group of kachin live kachin state and
northern Shan State. Ginphaw means, "man" in their dialect. Hospitalities a
mother of great pride Gin haw.
Hkahku
Means "up river (people)" They also live in the Maylikha and Maykha valley
areas. They are closely related with the Ginphaw. They were also reputed to be
the latest of the kachin peoples. Hkahku and other kachin peoples practiced
shifting and warrior in the forests and mountains.
Rawang
Rawang live near Putao and the border of Chinese Tibetan. They speak Kachin in
Nung dialect. According to Kachin legend, the Nung-Rawangs were the first of six
brothers from whom the main Kachin families are descended. They live in valleys
and mountain. They have long been primarily hunter and gatheres, but they also
grow rice, serve as porters, and mine for gold and jade. Their men mostly had a
twig or thorn in the ear as ornament, the women sometimes with large silver
ear-rings. The latter also were tattooed in green round the mouth.
Azi
Azi, Maru and Lashi, have migrated from the Tibetan and Chinese borders. Azi
chiefs consider themselves to be member of the lampai clan, one of the five
parent clans, which link all Kachins. They live south of Maykha - Malikha river.
Maru
Maru are the second major sub-group of the Kachins. They believed that they are
descendants of women of the lahpai clan and a Chinese man. Maru have come to
Myanmar by means of the Maykha branch of the Ayeyarwaddy River why Jinphaws and
Hkahkus came by the Maylikha route. Their dress and customs are not always
distinguishable from other Kachins.
Lashi
Speak a dialect of Maru, can be found in the main Maru area of Maykha valley.
Some Lashis remain animist. Worshipping spirit of their ancestors and of the
forests and rivers.
Taron
Taron tribes are inhabited at the foothill of the Mt. Khakaborazi, in the
Himalaya mountain ranges. Ages ago Taron people of average 110 cm height were
seen here. Unfortunately today there remains only one genuine Taron-blood man
and tribe is almost vanishing. Village of Taphungdan has no genuine Taron
anymore yet there live many Tarons married to other tribes, who grows taller and
show no physical sign of Tarons. The people in this area practice shifting
cultivation of paddy, wheat, beans, maize, millet, mustard and yams, and any
extra produce is taken to market, together with medicinal herbs and tubers
foraged in the jungle, in the district headquarters town of Putao. Trade in
hides, antlers, bones and other parts of animals not listed as endangered
flourishes across the Myanmar-China border. |
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