Traditional Karen don dancing at the 70th Karen Revolution Day celebrations at Klo Yaw Lay, Kayin State, in January 2019. (Steve Tickner | Frontier)
Traditional Karen don dancing at the 70th Karen Revolution Day celebrations at Klo Yaw Lay, Kayin State, in January 2019. (Steve Tickner | Frontier)

Call me Mi: Ethnic groups celebrate honorifics victory

Mon, Karen, and Pa-O can now add their traditional ethnic titles to official documents, which ethnic leaders consider a small step away from decades of “Burmanisation”.

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