Faces of Burma - Part 2

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These are some of the people we met in Burma. This is Part 2, please watch parts 1 and 3 too. Thanks to the people of Burma.

Demographics of Burma, according to Wikipedia:
Burma is ethnically diverse. The government recognizes 135 distinct ethnic groups. While it is extremely difficult to verify this statement, there are at least 108 different ethnolinguistic groups in Burma, consisting mainly of distinct Tibeto-Burman peoples, but with sizable populations of Daic, Hmong-Mien, and Austroasiatic (Mon-Khmer) peoples. The Bamar form an estimated 68% of the population. 10% of the population are Shan. The Kayin make up 7% of the population. The Rakhine people constitute 4% of the population. Overseas Chinese form approximately 3% of the population. Mon, who form 2% of the population, are ethno-linguistically related to the Khmer. Overseas Indians comprise 2%. The remainder are Kachin, Chin, Anglo-Indians and other ethnic minorities. Included in this group are the Anglo-Burmese. Once forming a large and influential community, the Anglo-Burmese left the country in steady streams from 1958 onwards, principally to Australia and the U.K.. Today, it is estimated that only 52,000 Anglo-Burmese remain in the country. There are currently 110,000 Myanmarese refugees in Thai border camps.
89% of the country's population are Buddhist, according to a report on abc World News Tonight in May 2008.

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  • i am so sad , they can still smile :(

  • FREEDOM

    NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE

    DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI

    NOVEMBER 13, 2010

    THE LADY OF BURMA IS FREE AT LAST

    THE PEOPLE OF BURMA ARE NOT...

  • They're so beautiful. I love the diversity.

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