Lahu (cultural, political)
Websites/Multiple Documents
Description:
About us:
"The Lahu National Development Organisation (LNDO) was set up by a group of leading Lahu democracy activists in Chiang Mai, Thailand in March 1997 to promote the welfare and well-being of the Lahu people, including the promotion of alternatives to growing opium.
The objectives of LNDO are:
To promote democracy and human rights in Shan State, with particular attention paid to Lahu
To promote increased understanding among the Lahu, Akha, Wa, En, Kachin, Palaung and Shan of human rights, democracy, federalism, community development and health issues
To develop unity and cooperation among the Lahu and other highlanders from Shan State and to provide opportunities for development of civic leadership skills among local groups"
Source/publisher:
Lahu National Development Organisation
Date of publication:
2016-10-27
Date of entry/update:
2016-10-28
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Lahu (cultural, political)
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description:
"These are Burma?s voices for change, extraordinary stories of people of Burma from all walks of life. Their experiences, struggles, fears, and successes. These are unheard stories of incredible spirit of resilience and courage, voices of hope and dreams that have emerged from decades of oppression. Help us spread these voices across the globe!"...Stories and voices from Karen, Karenni, Shan, Kachin, Chin, Rakhine, Mon, Palaung, Pa-O, Nagas and other ethnic minorities.
Source/publisher:
Burma Link
Date of entry/update:
2016-03-14
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Ethnic groups in Burma: general studies and articles, Kachin (economic, social, cultural, political), Karen (cultural, historical, political), Mon (cultural, political), Karenni (Kayah) - cultural, political, Chin (Zo)- economic, social, cultural, political, Lahu (cultural, political), Nagas (cultural, political), Sub-national administrative areas - general, States and Regions (covering more than one State or Region)
Language:
English
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Individual Documents
Description:
"With unique access and information
from the ground, the Lahu National
Development Organisation (LNDO)
examines in this report how the
Burma Army benefi ts directly from
the drug trade in eastern Shan State.
The
findings show how conflict
and drug production in Burma are
inextricably linked, and that only a
political resolution of the decades-
long ethnic conflict will enable
Burma?s drug crisis to be addressed.
Despite ceasefires, the central
government?s refusal to cede to
ethnic demands for federalism has
caused a steady military build-up by
both the Burma Army and ethnic
armed groups in eastern Shan
State. Over the past ten years, the
number of Burma Army troops
in seven eastern Shan townships
has risen from over 10,000 to over
14,000. Significantly for the drug
trade, this includes a substantial
increase in the number of Burma
Army militia troops—from about
2,300 to 3,400—who serve the vital
purpose of maintaining central
government control over inaccessible
mountainous areas.
The Burma Army militia-controlled
areas are where most opium in
eastern Shan State is being grown,
as shown by maps of the United
Nations Offce of Drugs and Crime
(UNODC). These areas are also
where scores of drug refineries that
produce large amounts of heroin
and methamphetamines (?yaba”)
are located.
The Burma Army militia groups
provide security to the drug
syndicates operating the refineries.
In the process they make huge
profits from buying opium from
farmers and selling it to refinery
owners, from joint investments in
refineries, and from transporting
drugs to distributors. These profits
not only subsidize the upkeep of
the militia forces, but enable militia
leaders to gain substantial personal
wealth. This is a key incentive to
remain loyal to the Burma Army,
and to continue their policing duty
against ethnic resistance groups..."
Source/publisher:
Lahu National Development Organisation (LNDO)
Date of publication:
2016-10-27
Date of entry/update:
2016-10-28
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description:
"Kyar Yin Shell is a 26-year-old young man from Kengtung, the ?dark and dirty? capital city of eastern Salween in the Shan State. While Kengtung has not seen civil war for over two decades, development is non-existent and electricity scarce. Kyar Yin Shell is Lahu, a little known ethnic group that lives scattered around the mountains of Burma, China, Laos, and Thailand. As most Lahu people, Kyar Yin Shell grew up in a village, but unlike many others he was lucky enough to go to school. As a teenager, hard-working Kyar Yin Shell had great hopes for his future until it all seems to end one day; wrong medical treatment left Kyar Yin Shell paralyzed. Kyar Yin Shell lost all hope for his future and like so many others in the Shan State, he became addicted to drugs. During those dark times, Kyar Yin Shell could never have known that he would not only survive and learn to live with his disability, but work actively for his people and travel overseas to represent his country. Kyar Yin Shell?s story shows how much life can surprise you. If you take the chance."...See the Alternate link for part 2.
Source/publisher:
Burma Link
Date of publication:
2015-07-30
Date of entry/update:
2016-03-20
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Lahu (cultural, political), Children and armed conflict, Shan State, Armed conflict in Shan State - general articles, Education in Burma/Myanmar - general, Education in Shan State (general)
Language:
English
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Description:
Abstract: "The
Five
Buddha
Districts
system
prevailed
from
the
1790s
to
the
1880s
on
the
frontier
between
Yunnan, in Southwest China, and the Burmese Kingdom, in the mountainous areas to the west of
the Mekong River.
Through
more
than
a
century
of
political
mobilization,
the
Lahu
communities
in
this
area
became
an
integrated
and
militarized
society,
and
their
culture
was
reconstructed
in
the
historical
context
of
ethnic
conflicts,
competition,
and
cooperation
among
the
Wa,
Dai,
and
Han
Chinese
settlers.
The
political
elites
of
the
Five
Buddha
Districts,
however,
were
monks
who
had
escaped
the
strict
orthodoxy
of
the
Qing
government
to
become
local
chieftains,
or
rebels,
depending on
political
changes
in
southern Yunnan.
As
a
centralized
polity,
the
Five
Buddha
Districts
system
was
attached
to
the
frontier
politics
of
the
Qing
state
before
the
coming
of
European
colonial
powers.
The
Qing
state
provided
a
sociopolitical
space
for
local
groups
to
develop
their
political
ideals
between
various
powerful
Dai-Shan
chieftains.
The
negotiation,
competition,
and
cooperation
between
the
Five
Buddha
leadership
and
the
Qing,
Dai
chieftains,
and
neighboring
political
powers
had
been
thoroughly
integrated
into
the
frontier
politics
of
this
interdependent
society
for more than two hundred years. As t
he
history
of
the
Yunnan-Burma
frontier
formation
shows
that
no
mountain
space
existed
to
allow
the
natives
to
escape
from
the
state
through their shifting agriculture,
and
anarchism
was
not
practiced
by
the
mountain
people
who
were separated from the state, t
he
author
argues
that
a
stateless
region
like
James
Scott?s
?Zomia”
did
not
historically exist in this region..."
Jianxiong Ma
Source/publisher:
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Date of publication:
2013-09-00
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-12
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
949.47 KB
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Description:
Touristy
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Lahu (cultural, political)
Language:
English
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