1990

1990

Saturday, April 9, 2016

ကရင္လူမ်ိဳးမ်ားအေၾကာင္း။

Karen people

Karen
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A Karen woman.jpg
A Karen woman in traditional dress

 
Total population
(9 million[1])
Regions with significant populations
 Myanmar 7,000,000[2]
 Thailand 1,000,000[1]
 USA 70,000+
 Australia 11,000+[3]
 Canada 5,000[4]
 Sweden 1,500
All other countries 100,000+
Languages
Karen languages, including S'gaw Karen, Pwo Karen, Karenni and Pa'O
Religion
Christianity, Theravada Buddhism, Animism

Karen state in Myanmar
The Karen, Kayin, Kariang or Yang people (Burmese: ကရင်လူမျိုး, pronounced: [kəjɪ̀ɴ lù mjó]; Per Ploan Poe or Ploan in Poe Karen and Pwa Ka Nyaw or Kanyaw in Sgaw Karen; Thai: กะเหรี่ยง or ยาง) refer to a number of individual Sino-Tibetan language speaking ethnic groups, many of which do not share a common language or culture. These Karen groups reside primarily in Karen State, southern and southeastern Myanmar. The Karen make up approximately 7 percent of the total Burmese population with approximately 5 million people.[5] A large number of Karen have migrated to Thailand, having settled mostly on the Thailand–Myanmar border.
The Karen groups as a whole are often confused with the Padaung tribe, best known for the neck rings worn by their women, but they are just one sub-group of Red Karens (Karenni), one of the tribes of Kayah in Kayah State, Myanmar.
Some of the Karen, led primarily by the Karen National Union (KNU), have waged a war against the central Burmese government since early 1949. The aim of the KNU at first was independence. Since 1976 the armed group has called for a federal system rather than an independent Karen State

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