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Youth from Kachin State gathered at Kachin National Manau Park to practice dancing in the lead-up to a Kachin State Day festival planned for January 2020. The festival was cancelled amid controversy over the renaming of Kachin State Day in Jinghpaw language from Jinghpaw Mungdan Nhtoi to Kachin Mungdan Nhtoi. Taken December 2019 (Emily Fishbein).

Divide and rule in Kachin State

Divide and rule is an old Tatmadaw tactic and in Kachin State it is enabling local elites to take advantage of grievances to foster distrust and increase their influence.

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