Karens eastern Burma Karen Kayin people Burmese hunter rifle musket village hut wife child baby woman man kid men family
This Illustration is from The Welcome a magazine for the home circle, Volume XIII 1886. The Karen or Kayin people are a Sino-Tibetan language speaking ethnic group which resides primarily in southern and southeastern Burma (Myanmar). The Karen make up approximately 7 percent of the total Burmese population of approximately 50 million people. A large number of Karen also reside in Thailand, mostly on the Thai-Burmese border. The Karen are often confused with the Red Karen (or Karenni). One subgroup of the Karenni, the Padaung tribe from the border region of Burma and Thailand, are best known for the neck rings worn by the women of this group of people. Karen legends refer to a 'river of running sand' which ancestors reputedly crossed. Many Karen think this refers to the Gobi Desert, although they have lived in Burma for centuries. The Karen constitute the biggest ethnic population in Burma after the Bamars and Shans. Some of the Karen, led primarily by the Karen National Union (KNU), have waged a war against the central 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.
Size: 3908px × 2760px
Photo credit: © SOTK2011 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: -fashioned, 1800, 19th, 2d, academic, age, aged, ancient, antiquarian, antique, antiquity, art, artistic, baby, black, book, burma, burmese, bw, bygone, century, child, classical, clothe, clothing, copy, costume, cut, cut-, drawing, dress, eastern, embossed, empire, engrave, engraved, engraver, engraving, etching, expression, family, figure, formal, front, frontispiece, gatherer, graphic, hand, heritage, historic, historical, history, hunter, hut, illustrated, illustration, image, imperial, karen, karens, kayin, kid, lion, majesty, man, master, men, monkey, monotone, musket, national, nineteenth, notable, obscure, obsolete, olden, original, paper, people, period, pictorial, picture, portrait, pre, press, print, printed, printing, proof, publication, publicity, rare, real, realism, realistic, reference, relief, replica, represent, representation, repro, reproduce, reproduction, retro, rifle, romantic, social, standard, steel, studio, style, teach, time, title, tool, topic, topical, tract, traditional, unusual, victoria, victorian, village, vintage, white, wife, woman
