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Name
Kya Dain
Age 80
Sex
Male
Religion Buddhist
Occupation
Craft Place of birth
Location
Umpium Mai
What do you do during the day?
I craft baskets, mats and also
hats.
How did you find money?
We
get money by fishing and collecting vegetables and then I sell it.
How many children do you have?
I
have three children.
What traditional did you have about wedding and death? Weddings, if a young man is in love they an ask old man to tell the tell girl's parents if they agree after three day they kill a pig and a hen and become married.
About death, p before they are buried they watch (the body)
for seven-days and nights.
How do you feell when you stay here? I feel very bad, no place for us to stay here it's very crowded. One day if we have freedom we will go back. We were not stay here.
Where did you get education?
We
learn that from English many years ago. Burma's borders wrere full of English armies.
English have much education they can go on the sky and also go around the earth.
How did people celebrate Karen New Year?
I never saw before we stayed here, that people have arrangements early in the
morning and raise the Karen flag, respect the Karen flag. Also have football
match.
Why the old man have tattoo?
I 'm
not sure about it. My parents have tattoo. My parents tell me that if you have
no tattoo Karen girl doesn't like it.
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