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After three months ' hanging round Government offices , begging for a permit which the chief commissioner had peremptorily ordered , he got his permit . More than a month has the poor wretch been hanging round Rangoon to get a ...
After three months ' hanging round Government offices , begging for a permit which the chief commissioner had peremptorily ordered , he got his permit . More than a month has the poor wretch been hanging round Rangoon to get a ...
Pagina 71
But there is a large Khyen colony round the head waters of the Chindwin river in Upper Burma , and traces of a Karen population of considerable size have , it is believed , been found on the same river . Chghaw and Pgho Karens are also ...
But there is a large Khyen colony round the head waters of the Chindwin river in Upper Burma , and traces of a Karen population of considerable size have , it is believed , been found on the same river . Chghaw and Pgho Karens are also ...
Pagina 72
In challenging to combat he does not slap his left folded arm with his right palm , as the rest of the Karens and the Burmans do , but , coiling his right arm round his left side , strikes the tattoo on his back .
In challenging to combat he does not slap his left folded arm with his right palm , as the rest of the Karens and the Burmans do , but , coiling his right arm round his left side , strikes the tattoo on his back .
Pagina 77
A wrapper of white , with a few red or black stripes , is wound round the body . A bright red turban is worn on the head , and an ornamented bag is hung across the shoulder . The female dress is very picturesque .
A wrapper of white , with a few red or black stripes , is wound round the body . A bright red turban is worn on the head , and an ornamented bag is hung across the shoulder . The female dress is very picturesque .
Pagina 78
is kept in the hand like a loose shawl , or tied round the waist . One of these garments is usually red , and the other black , though occasionally both are red . For a petticoat , another rectangular piece of cloth is wrapped two or ...
is kept in the hand like a loose shawl , or tied round the waist . One of these garments is usually red , and the other black , though occasionally both are red . For a petticoat , another rectangular piece of cloth is wrapped two or ...
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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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