This document provides an overview of the tribes in Burma and highlights their diversity. It notes that the tribes are located along Burma's borders and lists the main tribes, including the Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Mon, Bamar, Rakhine and Shan tribes. Each tribe contains several distinct sub-groups. The document emphasizes embracing diversity over monotony and shows photos of various tribes to reflect their beauty, dignity and shared humanity.

1. Nations and Tribes
Burma’s Vanishing Tribes
A Photo‐essay
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“In the end it really comes down to a choice: do we want to live in a monochromatic world of monotony or do we want to
embrace a polychromatic world of diversity?”
‐ Wade Davis

2. O mankind! We have
created you from a male
and a female, and made
you into nations and tribes,
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that you may know one
another (Holy Quran)

3. Disclaimer
• This Photo‐essay is meant to reflect the beauty, dignity, and
humanity of various tribes, ethnicities, and races.
• Many of them are either marginalized, or do not form part
of the mainstream popular culture which consumes our
desires, attention and mindshare.
• There may be unintentional inaccuracies, but the overall
intent, is to show the one humanity that we all are.
• As there were so many sources and research for the
photos, we have not been able to credit them. They are the
copyright of the respective source. We do not profit from
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them, we just share them in a more easy to see format, and
have been liberally used from the web as a public domain
source. Thank you for your generosity.

4. Tribes of Burma
Tribes of Burma
• The tribes are mostly at the border areas of Bangladesh, India, China and Thailand.
• In Kachin tribe (12 sub‐groups)
In Kayah tribe (9 sub‐groups)
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In Kayin tribe (8 sub‐groups)
In Chin tribe (50 sub‐groups,)
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In Mon tribe
In Bamar tribe (9 sub‐groups)
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In Rakhine tribe (7 sub‐groups)
In Shan tribe (34 sub‐groups)

43. Excellent Resource
Excellent Resource

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respective holders
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