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Kayan may refer to: Ethnography * Kayan people (Myanmar) * Padaung language * Kayan people (Borneo) * Kayan language (Borneo), dialect cluster spoken in Borneo * Kayan–Murik languages, group of Austronesian languages that includes the Kayan dialect cluster Geography * Kayan, Baghlan, town in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan * Kayan, Armenia, town in Armenia * Kayan, Iran, city in Iran * Kian, Iran * Kian, Isfahan, Iran * Kayan, Ergani Other * Kayan (musician) Ambika Nayak, known professionally as Kayan, is an Indian musician, singer and disc jockey. Her stage name, Kayan, is derived from reversing her surname "Nayak". Additionally, she is also a part of the group Kimochi Youkai and the electronic music ..., Indian musician {{Disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayan People (Myanmar)
The Kayan are a sub-group of Red Karen (Karenni people), Tibeto-Burman ethnic minority of Myanmar (Burma). The Kayan consists of the following groups: Kayan Lahwi (also called Padaung, ), Kayan Ka Khaung (Gekho), Kayan Lahta, Kayan Ka Ngan. Kayan Gebar, Kayan Kakhi and, sometimes, Bwe people (Kayaw). They are distinct from, and not to be confused with, the Kayan people of Borneo. Padaung (Yan Pa Doung) is a Shan term for the Kayan Lahwi (the group in which women wear the brass neck rings). The Kayan residents in Mae Hong Son Province in Northern Thailand refer to themselves as Kayan and object to being called Padaung. In ''The Hardy Padaungs'' (1967) Khin Maung Nyunt, one of the first authors to use the term "Kayan", says that the Padaung prefer to be called Kayan. On the other hand, Pascal Khoo Thwe calls his people Padaung in his 2002 memoir, ''From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey.'' In the late 1980s and early 1990s due to conflict with the military regime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
