Burma . 347. DECOY-COCK IN THE CIRCLE OF SNARES. 154 BURMA. 348. KAREN HOOP-GAME. Karens, have a lan-guage of Karen struc-ture, but the peoplerecall the truculentKachin much morethan the mild inhabit aplateau about halfthe size of Wales,lying between thenorthern limit of theWhite Karens andthe southern limit of Shans and Kachins. The Karenni are darker-skinned thanthe Karens. They use red and black colours in their clothing ; the men wearshort pants, sleeveless Shan jackets, and a red gaung-baimg. The women weara black cloth, somewhat after the manner of the Siamese women ; they do
Burma . 347. DECOY-COCK IN THE CIRCLE OF SNARES. 154 BURMA. 348. KAREN HOOP-GAME. Karens, have a lan-guage of Karen struc-ture, but the peoplerecall the truculentKachin much morethan the mild inhabit aplateau about halfthe size of Wales,lying between thenorthern limit of theWhite Karens andthe southern limit of Shans and Kachins. The Karenni are darker-skinned thanthe Karens. They use red and black colours in their clothing ; the men wearshort pants, sleeveless Shan jackets, and a red gaung-baimg. The women weara black cloth, somewhat after the manner of the Siamese women ; they do mostof the labour, even the tilling of the rice-fields, which are on the Shan model;but taungya is practised also. They brew a liquor from millet-corn, which thernen 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 beli
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