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Inside the controversy over the Kachin manau festival

January 14, 2020

A dispute over how to name the Kachin State Day Manau Festival in Myitkyina has revealed fissures in Kachin’s multi-ethnic society.

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‘I wasn’t allowed to cry during the wedding’: Forced marriage in Kachin State

Poverty and lack of opportunities in a Kachin IDP camp are driving vulnerable girls into forced marriages with Chinese men, with brokers exploiting families desperate enough to sell their daughters to be trafficked across the border.

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