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Richard Humpheries (Black and White) Jason Miller Shwe Koako, Karen State Sylvia Murcfeld Photographs Jean de La Tour Richard Humphries _______________ Version Date June 2004 12/01/2005 Website: Designed, Built and written by Paul Keenan |
Name
Pu San Ni Aye Age
96 Sex
Male Religion
Buddhist Occupation
Create Karen tradition musics Place
of Birth
Beloh (--------------) Location
Mae La KHCPS
ref No. Q.
Could you tall me your name and your age? and about your family? A.
My name is Pu San Ni Aye and I am 96 years old. about my family
I am farmer and sewer, did a small business
and daily working as I met. Q.
How many brothers and sisters do you have? A.
I have 3 brothers and 1 sisters. and all 4 people. Q.
How many children do you have? A.
I have 5 children, 4 son and 1 daughter. Q.
What do you parent do? A.
My parent are farmer they are farming for their life. Q.
What of games do you play when you were child? A.
I didn't play. when I was seven years old I want to live in monetary and not
very long there were the war 2 and I went back to my home village. I lived with
my family not so long then I went to barn again at the monetary again at that
time when I was mine years old. when I was ten there was one school started open
near my village but it took 15 meter to go. my parent were excited and wanted
one to attend school. than I went to school for 3 years and can read and write
up to grate 3. to attend grate 4 my teacher asked me to find and brought books.
after the Karen revolution started and I couldn't go to school and learnt. since
then I work every kind of job here I fond for my family sky at home. Q.
What do you do during the day? A.
In the morning after I got up early, if I did the work that I need and warship. Q.
How has you life change between the past and now? A.
Because we don't have peace security in my old place and my sin changed any life
to be here too. Q.
Do you have any friends when you were young? A.
Yes, I had friends when I was at the monetary. but it wasn't so long. it was a
short seeing friends because of the situation was not confirm we had to move
place to place. Q.
What traditional do you have about married and death? A.
When people started married, a man with his friends beside him want to the
women's house with traditional song singing and biting the drum. in front of the
women's house, she grew one banana tree tie with bamboo and another different
tough bamboo could called( Wa Klut) they smear( paint ) bamboo with oil and on
the top of this bamboo were keeping with some food a man who will get married
the women had to pull this banana tree at and he also had to broke out this
tough bamboo( Wa Klut) and get the food if the man couldn't do it, he is not a
man and he had to do tie he done. at that time when grown came some old people
said a brave elephant is coming. they called him brave elephant because he had
to brave tough bamboo and pull out the banana's tree done. after that he was
welcome to enter the woman house. a woman make some soap nut with water and pour
on a man head when enter the house. that mean it clear every bad thing that
follow a man. because of poured water on man head the man was wet. A woman had
to give a new clothes to change from weaving by herself. If she couldn't clothes
to man, she wasn't a good woman and people think low of her. for clothing woman
always have to make it before getting married. after wearing the clothed, a man
and woman had to come up in front wrist
tying as married culture.
After one people died they believe he or her
would be like us, as we alive now pipe, bags everything that the died people
have left and they went and keep it in a special place and pray to the father of
died person. they said for pray for died body to have in prosperous live life.
before sending died people to the cemetery, the had bamboo clapping dance,
singing traditional song and others. Q.
Why do you get married? A.
As I told you about the married before. to pull at the banana's tree and broke a
tough bamboo. Q.
Who do you live with after you got married? A.
I lived with my parent after I got married. Q.
Why do you get married? A.
It is the loved each other so we got married. Q.
Where did you wife give birth who help her? A.
when my wife give birth because of I am finder so I don't have free to live at
home and do the home work. so when my wife give birth I would go to the farm every so just the midwife look after my wife. Q.
Do you hear about family planing before? A.
No, at that time we didn't hear that. our married aim is to get children. people
who have many children were very happy . as the elder poem said 10 children, 100
grand children. Q.
How do you educated you children and what is your aim for them? A.
I hope my children to have a good knowledge, to love and help each others as
possible as they can. I raised them from as my formed work. I educated my
children to go to school and try to learn education. Q.
Did you face any difficult it when you became older? A.
I become old but I am health. my eyes are good. but I sometime disappointed
teaching young people about traditional, musical skill about traditional. they
seem not interested in this. I am very interested in and have some skill of
tradition. I want my young people to have skill traditional and share and show
our tradition. I can make some skills of musical instrument but the nest that I
can't make I bought it from other people for them young people to learn. Q.
How did you help your family? A.
I was farming most of the time. I also selling and buying thing and some and I
help my family like that way. Q.
Did people have any special prayers? A.
Just I hear but I can't explain and I don't know well. Q.
What kind house did people used to build? A.
They built a bamboo house. but as for people who had money built their house by
wood. Q.
Do people have furniture in the house before? A.
No, not much. only rich people. Q.
Did people have any culture of taboo? A.
I don't know. Q.
How do people celebrate Karen New year? A.
After harvesting, before eating a new rice, we had a festival first to bring all
new food and eat to gather and we called Karen New year. But now people have
with Karen flag, paid homage to elderly an leader, playing, dancing, to show the
tradition. Q.
Are you interesting in Karen traditional? A.
Yes, I also did it myself. I never tired for it and also try hard to show up my
tradition.
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