How to Evangelize Among the Shan Ethnic Tribe in Myanmar
How We Can Evangelize to the Shans Ethnic Tribe in Myanmar.
REPORT ON MY VISIT TO HSIPAW (TI BAW) TOWN, THE NORTHERN SHAN STATE
HSIPAW OR THIBAW: In the Shan language, it is called as Hsipaw and in the Bama language as Thibaw'. The word Hsi' in the Shan means four and Paw' means town.
The exact population of the town is probably not known. The most probable suggestion given by the town-dwellers is between 150000-200000. There lived different ethnic minorities like Shans, Lisu, Palaung, Wa, Bama, Chinese, Karen, Indians, and Dhanu Shans being the maturity group. Both Shans and Bama languages are widely used here. The Baw Kyo Pagoda, the Shan Haw Nan, and the Dhottawaddy River are some prominent places here in this town.
The Genesis of Shan People: They believed that Shans are exited from the very beginning of history or they do not have any knowledge of their beginning. They called themselves as Tai' means Bright or perfect', and also Shan in the Bama which derived from the original word of Siam. Main Tai' is the Shan words for the Shan State and Can Tai' for Shan people and Coan Tai' for the Shan language. A saying goes "the genesis of Shan is from Mai Maw'", and is well known in the Myanmar history and "the genesis of Shan king is from Banenaka". The word Maw in the Shan can be terms as king. They called the Shweli River as Namp Maw'. There had been once nine Shan kingdoms along the River, Shweli, in the history. Therefore, today, the saying of Maw Ko Pyi' in the Bama or the ninth kingdom means to refer the Shan State and territories along the River, Shweli.
A Htae, one of the Shan girl in Hsipaw, said that the Shans in Myanmar had been descended from the neighboring countries like China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. She has narrated a story regarding to a group of Shans who have migrated from China. It goes something like this: Once China had been a kingdom belongs to the Shans and in that Kingdom; Khon Yi Khine Kham' was the ruler.
REPORT ON MY VISIT TO HSIPAW (TI BAW) TOWN, THE NORTHERN SHAN STATE
HSIPAW OR THIBAW: In the Shan language, it is called as Hsipaw and in the Bama language as Thibaw'. The word Hsi' in the Shan means four and Paw' means town.
The exact population of the town is probably not known. The most probable suggestion given by the town-dwellers is between 150000-200000. There lived different ethnic minorities like Shans, Lisu, Palaung, Wa, Bama, Chinese, Karen, Indians, and Dhanu Shans being the maturity group. Both Shans and Bama languages are widely used here. The Baw Kyo Pagoda, the Shan Haw Nan, and the Dhottawaddy River are some prominent places here in this town.
The Genesis of Shan People: They believed that Shans are exited from the very beginning of history or they do not have any knowledge of their beginning. They called themselves as Tai' means Bright or perfect', and also Shan in the Bama which derived from the original word of Siam. Main Tai' is the Shan words for the Shan State and Can Tai' for Shan people and Coan Tai' for the Shan language. A saying goes "the genesis of Shan is from Mai Maw'", and is well known in the Myanmar history and "the genesis of Shan king is from Banenaka". The word Maw in the Shan can be terms as king. They called the Shweli River as Namp Maw'. There had been once nine Shan kingdoms along the River, Shweli, in the history. Therefore, today, the saying of Maw Ko Pyi' in the Bama or the ninth kingdom means to refer the Shan State and territories along the River, Shweli.
A Htae, one of the Shan girl in Hsipaw, said that the Shans in Myanmar had been descended from the neighboring countries like China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. She has narrated a story regarding to a group of Shans who have migrated from China. It goes something like this: Once China had been a kingdom belongs to the Shans and in that Kingdom; Khon Yi Khine Kham' was the ruler.