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Karenni State Day held amid controversy
The 63rd Karenni State Day celebrations are underway, though conflicting opinions of the occasion remain.
Constitution Ethnic issues Karenni Lead Story News
The 63rd Karenni State Day celebrations are underway, though conflicting opinions of the occasion remain.
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DVB spent a day with 11 year old mahout, Nga Sint, and his two Asian elephants, as he works all day to find enough food to feed the giant beasts and then uses them in ordination ceremonies.
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The Water Festival is in many ways a rain-dance, a way of making sacred the last drops of water for the year in the robust faith that the heavens will bestow rainwater in return. And in fact, it does seem to work.
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