Hill Tribal Crafts XI

Hill Tribes (cont.):

- Kachin or Jingpo or Jinghpaw, live in Kachin State and Shan state of Burma (Myanmar), China and India. Some immigrated into Chiang Mai province of Thailand. Kachin people are close to Tai, Lisu, Lahu and Akha, as the Tibetan-Burmese blood. They are known for their disciplined fighting skills, handicraft, herbal healing and jungle survival skills. Kachin people vary in Christians, Buddhists and Animists.

Marriage of Kachin people, Kachin woman will not go out with a man if she is unsure that he is the one who will marry her. They will not marry with whom use the same surname. After marriage, they do not use the same surname, but their baby will follow his/her father’s surname. If the groom doesn’t earn the bride-price, he needs to stay and work at the bride’s home for 7 years.

Recommended products for today are books and songs about Kachin or Jingpo:

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Hill Tribal Crafts X

Hill Tribes (cont.):

- Yunnan or How (Lanna language), they live in Yunnan province which borders to Shan state of Burma (Myanmar), Laos and Vietnam, and not so far from the northernmost of Thailand. The immigrated Yunnan people in Thailand can be classified as three groups: Caravan merchants group, Refugees group (1856-1873 A.D.), and the Chinese liberation army group (1949 A.D.).

There are two communities of them as follows:

-  Pathi (Burmese word) or Pang Hse (Shan word) or Pa Si (Lanna word) all words are assumed that from the word ‘Persia’, refers to Yunnan Muslim people who are around 1/3 of all Yunnan people in Thailand,

-  the other community is called Pa Ha (Lanna word) who respect passed away ancestors’ spirits as traditional Chinese people.

One interesting popular culture of Yunnan girls is cloth strapping on her feet from being children to prevent the big feet when growing up. So Yunnan girls walk in very slow step and her feet look like dolls’.

Today recommended Crafts are:

-  Yunnan Premium White Milli- Silver Needle Tea,Handmade Tea,100g; white tea, help you be more healthy, beautiful, slim and sexy, lose weight, reduce blood pressure, diminish inflammation, clear heat.

-  Yunnan Colorful: Organic Wuyi Wulong Tea Bags Weight Loss Oolong. 200g; famous Oolong tea, help clear heat.

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