Shans in Burma

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Shans in Burma

• February 2008

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Shan State
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Political Map of Burma - as the world sees it
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History of Modern Burma
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The Shan in Burma Politics
There is an old Burmese ethnic couple in their
drawing-room. The old man, in uniform, is jumping
up in a fury shouting. His wife sits trying to
placate him. Their daughter ('Democracy') is
sitting to one side crying with disappointment.
By her side her Shan boyfriend has come to ask
for her hand in marriage and has brought a tray
of eight presents - the 8 states of Federalism.
The Shan boy asks himself, "to stay and marry, or
to turn and go away?"
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Attitudes to the Union
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Shan National Day
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Reconciliation
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As the National Convention drew to a close, Than
Shwe gave a special rendition of 'Union Blues' on
the Ethnic Xylophone at the opening ceremony of
the Myanmar Cultural Performing Arts Competition.
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Unfair Exchange
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Cartoons based on ideas by Young Tai Drawings
by Feraya and Taisamyone