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Laiza, located in the south-eastern part of Kachin State bordering with China, was just a village until 1994, but has developed into a modern border town within just a decade. It is currently under the administrative control of the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), the largest ethnic armed group in Kachin State. KIO moved its capital there from Pajau. It has become an important town politically, culturally and economically, after the ceasefire agreement with the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) in 1994. The question is how people survive politically, culturally and economically in Laiza.
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The manau dance is a traditional ceremony of the Kachin people and is one of the cultural traditions that bind the six Kachin tribes together as one nation.
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Aung, L.R. (2016). Laiza: Kachin Borderlands—Life After the Ceasefire. In: Tantikanangkul, W., Pritchard, A. (eds) Politics of Autonomy and Sustainability in Myanmar. Communication, Culture and Change in Asia, vol 1. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0363-9_3
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