Burma . en always carry in their gourd. The villages are permanent, situated on pointsof vantage, and are stockaded. Feuds between villages are chronic and form thechief concern of the male population. Such of the Karenni as settle in thelowlands adopt the Shan civilisation and dress. The Chins are believed by some to represent the stock fiom which theBurman tribes originated, and to have descended into the valley of the Irawadifrom the plateau of Tibet, with the inhabitants of which the Burmans andChins possess linguistic affinities not shared by other races of the Chins are the
Burma . en always carry in their gourd. The villages are permanent, situated on pointsof vantage, and are stockaded. Feuds between villages are chronic and form thechief concern of the male population. Such of the Karenni as settle in thelowlands adopt the Shan civilisation and dress. The Chins are believed by some to represent the stock fiom which theBurman tribes originated, and to have descended into the valley of the Irawadifrom the plateau of Tibet, with the inhabitants of which the Burmans andChins possess linguistic affinities not shared by other races of the Chins are the hill-peopleof the mountains west of theIrawadi and its great tributarythe Chindwin. The tribes aremany and diverse. Towardsthe south and on the bordersof the plains they are Bur-manised in a great measure,and have dropped their primi-tive characteristics, notablytheir language. They call them-selves Asho. The black tat-tooing of the womens faces,which is the most distinctive of 349. karen woman
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