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Title: "Burma News International"
Description: Very valuable news site, specialising in the non-Burman groups....."The Burma News International was established in 2003 with four Burmese news organizations based in the western border of Burma, India and Bangladesh. It was later expanded, with other Burmese news organizations based in Thailand and the Thai-Burma border areas joining in. At present, it has ten independent Burma media/news organizations as members. They are: "Burma News International" (BNI - covers all ethnic groups)..."Chin World"...Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)... "Kachin News Group" (KNG)..."Kaladan Press" (Arakan, Rohingya)..."Kantarawaddy Times" (Karenni)..."Khonumthung News" (Chin)..."KIC" (=Karen Information Committee, but this is usually in Burmese. "Karen News" is the English counterpart to "KIC")..."Mizzima News" (covers different ethnic groups)..."Narinjara News" (Arakan)..."Network Media Group" (NMG - covers all ethnic groups), "Phophtaw News Association" (covers all non-Burman groups)...Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.)..... " The Burma News International aims to promote Burma related news and reports in South Asia and South East Asia. It is also serves as a bridge for mutual-understanding, sharing experiences, expertise and resources and cooperation among the Independent Burma Media Organizations."
Source/publisher: Burma News International (BNI)
Date of entry/update: 2009-12-22
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Language: English, Burmese
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Title: Myanmar Ethnologue
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Thai-Yunnan Project Project
Description: * Bulletin [2001-2005] * Bulletin Board * Seminars * Publications * Back Issues Thai-Yunnan Newsletter The Bulletin was launched in 2001. The Thai-Yunnan Newsletter ceased publication in 1995. Current issues of the Bulletin plus archive of the 28 issues of the Newsletter from June 1988 to March 1995. They contain a fair amount of scholarly articles and correspondance on Burma.
Source/publisher: Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University
Date of entry/update: 2010-07-08
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Language: English
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Title: Census of India 1901 Vol. XII
Sub-title: BURMA
Description: "... Table of contents: Introduction, the initial stages, preliminary discussion with the local government, the general village register, areas not dealt with synchronously, a three fold classification, treatment of the Shan States and the Chin hills, non-synchronous arrangements for the districts of Burma, preparatory erasures, code of census procedure, definitions, circle lists, training census officers, experimental enumeration, forms and stationery, the preliminary enumeration, testing the preliminary record, census holidays, the final enumeration, preparation of the provisional totals, the work of abstraction, the work of abstraction, cost of operation, Chapter (1) the distribution of the population, selection of natural divisions, district densities, provincial density, urban and rural population, imperial table no.1, of little value for purposes of comparison of urban population, numerical distinction between towns and villages, average number of inhabitants per village and of residents per house, overcrowding in Rangoon, average number of residents per house in the scheduled area, registered buildings, no return of boat population, Chapter (2) The movement of the population, factors regulating the movement of the population, the natural factors, unreliability of birth and death statistics, the social factor, increases and decreases b districts, variations in urban population, lower Burma, variations in urban population, Upper Burma, extent of foreign immigration in the various districts, movement from rural to urban areas, persons born in Burma but censused in India, Chapter (3) The religion of the people, Buddhism, Burmese Buddhism, Burmese Buddhist Sects, Power of the priesthood in Burma, Latent Animism, Animism, Animism and ancestor worship, Nat worship in Burma, Animism and head hunting, spirit worship of the Karens, Muhammadanism, Hinduism, Christianity, Christian Denominations, Anglicans, Roman Catholics, Baptists, Other denominations, Sikhism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Chapter (4) Age, Sex and Civil condition, age returns to be first considered, the ages returned, want of accuracy in age returns, unadjusted age return, the mean age of the population, proportionate increase or decrease in age periods since 1891, proportion of the two sexs, district proportion, Lower Burma, district proportion, Upper Burma, civil condition, marriage in Burma, percentage of married, to total population, civil condition by sex and age periods, distribution my age for indigenous races, Chapter (5) Education, improved system of education classification, contrast of figures with figures of previous censuses, alteration of age periods, treatment of those only able to sign their names, actual increase in literacy obscured by increase of census area Education by Age periods, district proportion of literacy, female education, education by religion, literacy by religion, literacy by race, literacy by languages know, no comparison of census with departmental figure, Chapter (6) The languages of the province, tones in the languages of the provinces, pitch and stress tones, origin of tones, the morphological order, grouping of provincial languages, the Burmese language, Arakanese, Travoyan, Yaw, Chaungtha, Yabein, Intha, Taungyo, Kadu, Szi, Lashi and Maru, Hpon, Maingth, the Lisaw sub-group, the Chingpaw language group, the Chin language group, Kuki Chin sub-groups, Northern Chin Languages, central Chin languages, Old Kuki languages, Southern Chin Languages, Southern Chin forms in Lower Burma, the Siamese Chinese sub-family, the Tai language group, Southern Tai sub-group, Norther Tai sub-group, Northern Burmese Shan, Southern Burmese Shan, Chinese Shan, connection of Shan with Chinese, the Karen languages, Southern Karen sub-group, Northern Karen sub-group, the Non annam sub-family, group of the Mon Annam sub-family, North Cambodian group, Dunnu or Danaw, Synopsis of Indo-Chinese languages, Selon, other....Chapter (7) Infirmities, definition of infirmities, high upper Burma figures in 1891, general decrease in infirmities in 1901, insanity, insanity by age periods, deaf mutism, deaf mutism by age periods, Blindness, Blindness by age periods, leprosy, leprosy by age periods, Chapter (8) Caste, Triee and race, caste in Burma, Difficulty of recording caste in the province, Misleading answers and errors in transliteration, No real castes in Burma, Indian castes, paraiyan, Mal, Kapu or Reddi, Palli, other castes, Susalman Tribes, methods of studying the people,Methods of studying the people, Application of the scientific methods The Burmans Dr. Macnamara's theory Burmese characteristics The Arakanese, Tavoyans, &c. TheTalaings,The Chingpaw or Kachins, Connected tribes, The Maingtha, TheShans, The Karens, Bghai and cognate tribes The Chins The Northern Chins The Central and Southern Chins The Taungthus, Taungyos and Danaws, The Palaungs , The Was, TheKadus, The Taws, The Tamans, The Lisaws The Lahus, The Akhas, The Hka Muks , The Yin, The Hpons, The Panthays, The Chinese The Sellings, The Manipuris, Europeans, Exogamy and Endogamy, Tctemism , Chapter (9) Occupation, Subsidiary occupations Subsidiary Occupations of those whose main occupation was agricultural. Difficulties experienced in compilations ... Classification of Occupations... Contents of Imperial Table XV Comparison with 1891 totals ... Class A.—Government ... Class B.—Pasture and Agriculture Landholders, Tenants, &c. ... Growers of special products ... Partially Agriculturists Class C.—Personal Services ... Class D.—Preparation and Supply of Material substances Order VIII.—Lighting, Firing and Forage Order IX.—Buildings Order X.—Vehicles and Vessels Order XI.—Supplementary Requirements Order XII.—Textile Fabrics and Dress... Order XIII.—Metals and Precious Stones Order XIV.—Glass, Earthen and Stoneware Order XV.—Wood, canes and leaves ... Order XVI.—Drugs, gums and dyes Order XVII.—Leather Class E.—Commerce, Transport and Storage Order XVIII.—Commerce ... Order XIX.—Transport and Storage ... ... ... ,, Class F. —Professions ... ... „. Learned professions Midwives ... ... ... ... ,„ Artistic professions ... ... ... .,, , Tattooers Class G.—Unskilled Labour not Agricultural ... ... - Class H.—Means of subsistence independent of occupation Subsidiary Tables Nos. IXA. and IXB..."
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Source/publisher: Kham Koo Website
Date of publication: 1902-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-01-12
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Title: BURMA
Description: "...Book contents: Chapter (1) Introduction, Burma a distinct type- previous isolation - influence of Buddhism - current misconceptions about Burma - sketch of history, Chapter (2) Childhood, Infancy - early influences - children's games - school teaching - Togwin, Chapter (3) Adolescence, Universal monastic novitiates - Buddhist institution - The Yanan Theinthamot - Kyaung, Ecclesiastical architecture - Decadence - Zedi - ancient religious orders - Brahmans - Payadyun - Religious worship - principle of Buddhism - return to secular life Chapter (4) Manhood and occupation, agriculture - home industry - Manners and customs - settlements - climate, Chapter (5) Trade and professions, Oil - pressing - palm and cane sugar growing - fruit and vegetable gardening - fishery - the chase - pottery - brick and tiles - plaster - work - stone - cutting - cordage - silk weaving - umbrellas - lacquer - work - foot - gear - metallurgy - implements - ornaments - coins - alchemy - alchemy - forest and timber - carpentry - carving - painting and design - inscriptions and writing - literature - medicine - dealers - transport - boats and carts - travel, Chapter (6) Shan - Karen - Chin - Chimpaw - Chinese - Native of India - European, Chapter (7) political, chronic wars - brigandage - village system - native administration - British administration - royalty - history, Chapter (8) pageants and frolics, the drama - music - games - festivals - Nat worship - pilgrimages - the great shrines, Chapter (9) Age and mortality - funeral observances - tombs..."
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Source/publisher: Kham Koo Website
Date of publication: 1901-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-01-12
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Title: Burma: Painted and Described
Description: "... Book contents: Chapter (1) Rangoon, Chapter (2) Amenities of Rangoon, Chapter (3) Across the Yomas to Taungdwingyi, Chapter (4) Life in a Burmese Market town, Chapter (5) Jungle life at Kokogon, Chapter (6) Through the forest to Pyinmana, Chapter (7) One thousand mile up the Irrawaddy, Chapter (8) One thousand mile up the Irrasaddy II, Chapter (9) Two Capitals, Chapter (10) Some other towns, Chapter (11) A month on the Lashio Line, Chapter (12) Camping in the Northern Shan State, Chapter (13) The Burman..."
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Source/publisher: Kham Koo Website
Date of publication: 1905-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-01-12
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Title: BURMA: A Handbook of Practical Information
Description: "...Book Contents: Part (1) The country and climate, Fauna, Flora, Geology and Minerals, The races of Burma, The Chingpaw or Kachin Group, The Kuki-Chin Group, The Siamese-Chinese Sub-Family, The Mon-Hkmer Sub-Family, Part (2) Government, administration, education, history, Part (3) Industries, the forests of Burma, Mines, agriculture, trade, transport, currency, weights and measures, Part (4) Archaeology-Architecture-Art-Music, Art.-Sculpture, Wood Carving, Lacquer, Silver and Gold work, Drawing, Painting, Embroidery, Bumese Music and Musical Instruments. Part (5) Religion, Buddhism, Part (6) Language and Literature, The history of Tagaung Tanyap, Part (7) Hints to visitors or new residents..."
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Source/publisher: Kham Koo Website
Date of publication: 1911-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-01-11
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Title: Rebel coalition supports int'l lawsuits against Myanmar
Sub-title: Members of Northern Alliance bloc of armed groups say they have evidence for prosecuting military for war crimes, genocide
Description: "A coalition of ethnic rebel groups has welcomed efforts by the international community to punish Myanmar’s military through legal processes for alleged genocide against ethnic minority groups including Rohingya Muslims in the country’s west. Three members of the Northern Alliance bloc of armed groups -- the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Arakan Army and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army -- issued a joint statement on Thursday welcoming three lawsuits against Myanmar at the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and an Argentine court for rights violations in ethnic areas. The groups said that during the past 70 years of the ongoing civil conflict, Myanmar’s military has committed genocide, extrajudicial arrests, inhuman torture, massacres, abductions and use of gang rape as instruments of war. They added that they stand ready to cooperate and collect evidence of war crimes by the military in northeastern Shan state and western Rakhine state between 2009 and 2019 and are in full support of the international organizations that have taken up the matter with the ICC and ICJ..."
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Source/publisher: "Asia-Pacific"
Date of publication: 2019-11-29
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-29
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Title: ‘The Hidden History of Burma’ Traces the Vanishing of Hope
Description: "Thant Myint-U has titled his reflective and illuminating new book “The Hidden History of Burma,” even though he gently suggests that the country’s past wasn’t so much obscured as it was hiding in plain sight. For decades, especially after a ruthless crackdown on pro-democracy protestors in 1988, Burma had drawn international ire for the brutal rule of its military junta, which for a time went by the grotesque-sounding acronym SLORC (State Law and Order Restoration Council). Against the depredations of the dictatorship stood the charismatic Aung San Suu Kyi: a tireless civilian advocate for democracy who spoke consistently of hope, enduring years of detention and house arrest with a serene smile and a flower in her hair. Her public image weighed heavily in the international community’s imagination, which was decidedly more familiar with the morality play of “The Lady Versus the Generals” than with the longer history of Burma. That history proved to be stubborn and consequential — its effects only aggravated by how much its convolutions were simplified or ignored. “In the early 2010s,” Thant Myint-U writes, “Burma was the toast of the world.” (The junta had changed the country’s name in English to “Myanmar” in 1989; a prefatory note explains why this was an “ethno-nationalist” move — the equivalent of Germany demanding that English speakers refer to it as “Deutschland.”) The generals seemed to be ceding power, the country seemed to be ending its long isolation, tourism seemed to be on the rise; a number of rebel groups signed cease-fires, and in 2015 the National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won enough seats in the country’s first free elections in a generation to form a government..."
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Source/publisher: "The New York Times" (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-11-19
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-20
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Title: Minorities, Money and Getting It Wrong in Myanmar
Description: "The euphoria knew no bounds. When it was announced that a text had been drafted for a proposed ceasefire agreement between the Myanmar government and some of the country’s many ethnic resistance armies, The Center for Humanitarian Dialog, a Swiss-based peace and reconciliation outfit that runs several Myanmarrelated projects, hailed it as “the most comprehensive ceasefire agreement in Myanmar’s history” which “will set the stage for resolving the longest-running conflict in Southeast Asia.” Vijay Nambiar, special advisor on Myanmar to the Secretary General of the United Nations, also called the drafting of the proposal “historic” and UNICEF even suggested that it “could be a dawn of a new time of progress for the most disadvantaged children in Myanmar.” That was on March 31, 2015. Four years on, it is evident that Myanmar’s so-called peace process has been a complete failure. Even as the foreign peacemakers were congratulating themselves in the capital Naypyidaw and in Yangon, the reality on the ground remained depressingly unchanged. Airstrikes and other attacks were continuing against Kachin and Palaung rebel forces in the north and northeast of the country. When what was termed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) was nevertheless signed on Oct. 15, 2015, it was announced that “eight groups” were behind it. But five of the signatories had no noteworthy armed forces, and one, the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army, had been a government-allied militia since it broke away from the main group, the Karen National Union (KNU), in 1994..."
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Source/publisher: "Global Asia" (South Korea)
Date of publication: 2019-03-27
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-01
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Title: [Lecture on the Shans]
Description: "...everyone who has seen anything of Burma, and paid any attention to its history, knows that it is essentially not the country of the Burmese. The Burmese proper are probably a very small minority in it, though the peoples of other races, Talines, Shans, and some others, have in certain places become so Burmanized that it is difficult to distinguish them from the Burmese..."
Creator/author: Rev. Dr. J. N. Cushing
Source/publisher: Rangoon Gazette and Weekly Budget via SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, Vol. 1, No. 2, Autumn 2003
Date of publication: 1888-10-26
Date of entry/update: 2010-12-14
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Category: Several Groups
Language: English
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Title: ?External? Aspects of Self-Determination Movements in Burma
Description: Abstract: "Based on secondary resources and long term anthropological field research, this paper explores some of the ?external? factors involved in the pro-democracy and ethnic struggles for self-determination currently being experienced in Burma. The analysis draws in cultural, economic and political aspects to demonstrate that a number of macro- and micro-level external or external-origin influences are at play, at a number of different ?inside?, ?outside? and marginal sites. The paper argues in particular that ?cultural? factors such as computer-mediated communication and contacts with outsiders when living in exile, serve as means by which real, virtual and imaginary connections are drawn between these different sites and the actors who inhabit them. In the context of Burma, this paper thus presents a glimpse into this complexity of origin and substance of external influences, of interactions between the external and the internal, and of the multidirectional pathways along which they operate. After an introductory overview, it does so by first reviewing some pertinent macro-political and macro-economic external factors, including international views and strategic interests. The paper then focuses on micro-level social and cultural issues, examining aspects of new media as utilised by the Burmese exile community and international activists. External influences on exiled communities living in the margins on the Thai-Burma border (characterised by the paper as neither ?inside? nor ?outside? proper), including Christianity and foreign non-governmental organisations, are then explored. The paper concludes that inside views, reactions and experiences of outside influences are presently just as important in determining outcomes as are the outside influences themselves."
Creator/author: Sandra Dudley
Source/publisher: Queen Elizabeth House
Date of publication: 2003-02-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-07-08
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Language: English
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Title: Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2000: Rights of Ethnic Minorities
Description: "...Burma is a country rich in ethnic diversity. Yet although the SPDC attempts to promote this diversity, and the existence of its 135 "national races" (SPDC term for the country?s ethnic minority groups), the rights of ethnic minority people remain in violation...n areas where cease-fire agreements have been reached, human rights abuses continue to take place. In fact, in these "national reconciliation" areas human rights abuses have increased rather than abated. There has been no move on the part of the SPDC to engage in political discussions with opposition groups to reinforce the military cease-fire agreements. Under the terms of the cease-fire, some ethnic groups have been allowed to keep their arms and soldiers, however, SPDC had vastly increased the number of its soldiers in those areas... The continuing armed conflicts in the Karen, Karenni, Shan and Chin States have been accompanied by massive human rights violations..."
Source/publisher: Human Rights Documentation Unit, NCGUB
Date of publication: 2001-10-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Language: English
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