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Pagina 68
They claim a common descent with the Angami Nagas of Assam , and there is much in common between them and the Khyens and Kakhyens of Lower and Upper Burma . It cannot be ascertained what were the causes of their migrations , or when ...
They claim a common descent with the Angami Nagas of Assam , and there is much in common between them and the Khyens and Kakhyens of Lower and Upper Burma . It cannot be ascertained what were the causes of their migrations , or when ...
Pagina 71
It seems , in any case , pretty certain that they have a common origin with the Karens . The territory which the great body of the Khyens inhabit is the mountain track from the east of Assam to Yunnan . But there is a large Khyen colony ...
It seems , in any case , pretty certain that they have a common origin with the Karens . The territory which the great body of the Khyens inhabit is the mountain track from the east of Assam to Yunnan . But there is a large Khyen colony ...
Pagina 73
The division , too , although stoutly maintained , never stands in the way of combination for a common object by the entire nation . Indeed , as will afterwards appear , the power and willingness to combine as a nation for a common end ...
The division , too , although stoutly maintained , never stands in the way of combination for a common object by the entire nation . Indeed , as will afterwards appear , the power and willingness to combine as a nation for a common end ...
Pagina 86
Slavery is common amongst all the tribes , and one of the Bghai clans sell even their relatives . Defaulting debtors , captives in forays , confirmed thieves , widows and widowers who cannot pay the price of the deceased , those who ...
Slavery is common amongst all the tribes , and one of the Bghai clans sell even their relatives . Defaulting debtors , captives in forays , confirmed thieves , widows and widowers who cannot pay the price of the deceased , those who ...
Pagina 164
A gentleman from Bassein was travelling among the Kakhyens ( who are brothers of the Karens , and have many customs in common with them ) in the Bhamo hills . He was suddenly seized , and his ponies and other property confiscated ...
A gentleman from Bassein was travelling among the Kakhyens ( who are brothers of the Karens , and have many customs in common with them ) in the Bhamo hills . He was suddenly seized , and his ponies and other property confiscated ...
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| Titlu | The Loyal Karens of Burma |
| Autor | Donald Mackenzie Smeaton |
| Editor | K. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 |
| Exemplar original de la | Universitatea Harvard |
| Scanată la | 19 Iun 2008 |
| Lungime | 264 pagini |
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