Greater Karen cultural region
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The Greater Karen cultural region is a transnational area in Southeast Asia where the Karen people share common linguistic, cultural, and historical traditions across multiple localities.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
ⓘ
transnational region ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Karen people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguageFamily | Karen languages ⓘ |
| associatedWithLinguisticGroup | Sino-Tibetan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
distinctive dress and textiles
ⓘ
rituals tied to agricultural cycles ⓘ village-based social organization ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
shared cultural traditions
ⓘ
shared historical traditions ⓘ shared linguistic traditions ⓘ |
| hasCulturalCore |
Karen-inhabited areas of southeastern Myanmar
ⓘ
Karen-inhabited areas of western Thailand ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInstitution | Karen community organizations across the Thai–Myanmar border ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
Karen folk music
ⓘ
Karen oral literature ⓘ swidden agriculture traditions ⓘ traditional Karen weaving ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSymbol | Karen flag (used by some Karen groups) ⓘ |
| hasDemographicFeature | includes both highland and lowland Karen communities ⓘ |
| hasEthnonym |
Kayin (in Burmese context)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pgaz K’Nyau (for Sgaw Karen) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorReligion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ animism ⓘ |
| hasMigrationHistory | Karen displacement into Thailand from conflicts in Myanmar ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Pa’O-related Karenic communities
ⓘ
Pwo Karen areas ⓘ Sgaw Karen areas ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfBoundary | cultural boundary rather than fixed political border ⓘ |
| historicallyLinkedTo |
Karen National Union
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karen resistance movements in Myanmar ⓘ border refugee camps along the Thai–Myanmar frontier ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
Kanchanaburi Province in Thailand
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karen State in Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Mae Hong Son Province in Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Mon State in Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Ratchaburi Province in Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Tak Province in Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanintharyi Region in Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partiallyLocatedIn |
Myanmar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ borderlands of Myanmar and Thailand ⓘ |
| recognizedIn |
anthropological literature on Southeast Asia
ⓘ
ethnographic studies of highland peoples ⓘ |
| spansMultipleCountries | true ⓘ |
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