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    question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. The Bamar people (Burmese: ဗမာလူမျိုး, ba. ma lu myui: IPA: [bə.mà lù mjó]) (Formerly...
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    The Bamar People's Liberation Army (BPLA) (Burmese: ဗမာပြည်သူ့လွတ်မြောက်ရေးတပ်တော်) is an ethnic armed organisation in Myanmar. It was founded on 17 April...
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    post-independence government under U Nu. This further strained relations between the Bamar ethnic majority and the country's many ethnic minorities. Following Burma's...
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    is the official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Bamar, the country's largest ethnic group. Burmese is also spoken by the indigenous...
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    Kha, is a Burmese poet, human rights activist and chief commander of the Bamar People's Liberation Army. From 2010 to 2012, Saungkha studied chemical engineering...
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    government. These are grouped into eight "major national ethnic races": Bamar Kayin Rakhine Shan Mon Chin Kachin Karenni The "major national ethnic races"...
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  • Phoebe Nicholls as Anne Anderson David Denman as Cripp Erika Soto as Tina Bamar Kane as Yuusuf Egbe Adepero Oduye as Cecile Rochelle John Doman as Robert...
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  • home to several distinct cultural regions, including the homeland of the Bamar in the low-lying central plains, and those of the Chin, Kachin, and Shan...
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    ethnic groups, who are grouped into eight 'national races,' namely the Bamar (Burmans), Shan, Karen, Rakhine (Arakanese), Mon, Kachin, Chin, and Kayah...
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    3 Burma Rifles Bamar / Former members of Patriotic Burmese Force – Commanded by then Major Kyaw Zaw BC-3504 No. 4 Burma Rifles Bamar / Former members...
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  • of the population, practiced especially by the Bamar, Rakhine, Shan, Mon and Chinese ethnic groups. Bamar people also practice the Burmese folk religion...
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    the Bamar government invaded Karenni State and in 1948 August 9th, the Karenni leader U Bee Htu Re started the resistance against the Invading Bamar government...
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    Bannar River (redirect from Bamar River)
    Bannar River Bamar River at Alapalli.jpg Location State Maharashtra District Gadchiroli Physical characteristics Mouth Pranhita river  • coordinates 19°22′58″N...
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    Myanmar and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Myanmar. In the 9th century, the Bamar people entered the upper Irrawaddy valley, and following the establishment...
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  • and traditions are influenced by Buddhism. The wedding traditions of the Bamar people (Burmans), who comprise the majority of Myanmar's population, incorporate...
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    Sadan and the Dhanyawaddy Ayedawbon. The word, which is also cognate with Bamar and is the Rakhine pronunciation of "Myanmar," continues to be used by their...
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    the colony period referring to ethnic groups living between the central Bamar heartland to the south and China to the north. Traditional Kachin society...
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    rule, there had been substantial economic development but the majority Bamar community was becoming increasingly restive. Among their concerns were the...
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  • Prophet Jenny Panan as A-Mia (Bamar people) Thongchai Thongkanthom as Mumu (Bamar people) Padtarawadee Pinthong as Kik (Bamar people) Viroj Tangvarnich as...
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    remains have been found from the Thaton Kingdom, it is widely mentioned in Bamar and Lanna chronicles. According to the Northern Thai Chronicles, the city...
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    include the Nagas, Shans (Thai/Lao related), the Lisus, the Rawangs, and the Bamar, the latter forming the largest ethnic group in Burma. In China, the Jingpo...
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    population of 500,000 was Indian or South Asian, and only about a third was Bamar (Burman). Karens, Chinese, Anglo-Burmese and others made up the rest.[citation...
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    Nanzhao (section Bamar)
    city-states brought with them the Bamar people (Burmese people), who originally lived in present-day Qinghai and Gansu. The Bamar would form the Pagan Kingdom...
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    The Pinpeat (Khmer: ពិណពាទ្យ, pĭnpéaty [pɨnpiət]) is the largest Khmer traditional musical ensemble. It has performed the ceremonial music of the royal...
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  • China–Myanmar border Allies State allies National Unity Government Non-state allies Bamar People's Liberation Army Kachin Independence Army Karenni National People's...
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    expelled from the country by the Japanese. Burma was a turbulent colony as the Bamar had never really accepted the British conquest of Burma and the Great Depression...
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    be in a Bamar-dominated country but faced internal divides over the territory of a Karen state and the extent to which they should respect Bamar demands...
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    between the Bamar north and the Mon south. The Hanthawaddy leadership escalated "self-defeating" policies of persecuting southern Bamars. They also executed...
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    පියුමන් piyuman සේය් sey බමර් bamar දුත් dut මුල ලා මා සැනැහි පුල් පියුමන් සේය් බමර් දුත් Mula la ma saenaehi pul piyuman sey bamar dut Like a bee who has seen...
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    Administration Council Three Brotherhood Alliance People's Liberation Army Bamar People's Liberation Army United Wa State Army (non-combatant) Commanders...
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