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Christianity in Myanmar has a history dating to the early 18th century. According to the 2016 census , Christianity is the country's second largest religion, practiced by 6.3% of the population, [ 1 ] primarily among the Kachin , Chin and Kayin , and Eurasians because of missionary work in their respective areas. [ 2 ]
Since the outbreak of Myanmar civil war in 2021, Japan has take a large role by taking Burmese refugees. The Burmese population in Japan went from 37,000 in 2021 to 56,000 in 2022 and is by June 2023 about 69,000. Myanmar was the first country that Japan has taken large numbers of refugees due to its long relations.
Myanmar (Burma) is an ethnically diverse nation with 135 distinct ethnic groups officially recognised by the Burmese government. These are grouped into eight "major national ethnic races": These are grouped into eight "major national ethnic races":
Meanwhile, the Bamar in Lower Myanmar tend to propitiate other local or guardian nats like Bago Medaw and U Shin Gyi. [40] Spirit houses called nat ein (နတ်အိမ် ) or nat sin (နတ်စင် ) are commonly found in Bamar areas. A minority of Bamar practice other religions, including Islam and Christianity.
It also provided for the possibility of secession from the Union after 10 years. In 1952, the former Shan state of Mong Pai was added, and the whole renamed Kayah State, possibly with the intent of driving a wedge between the Karenni (in Kayah State) and the rest of the Karen people (in Karen State), both fighting for independence.
The Jingpo largely inhabit the Kachin Hills in northern Myanmar's Kachin State and neighbouring Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of China. Although the majority live in Myanmar, there is also a significant Jingpo community in the states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in northeast India as well as a community of 100 to 200 in Taiwan .
Myanmar (Burma) is a Buddhist majority country with a significant minority of Christians and other groups residing in the country.. Buddhism is a part of Myanmar culture. Section 361 of the Constitution states that "The Union recognizes the special position of Buddhism as the faith professed by the great majority of the citizens of the U
Kachin women in traditional dress. The Kachin peoples (Jingpo: Ga Hkyeng, lit. ' "red soil" '; Burmese: ကချင်လူမျိုး; MLCTS: ka. hkyang lu myui:, pronounced [kətɕɪ̀ɰ̃ lù mjó]), more precisely the Kachin Wunpong (Jingpo: Jinghpaw Wunpawng, "The Kachin Confederation") or simply Wunpong ("The Confederation"), are a confederation of ethnic groups who inhabit the ...