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Images from Karen State

Richard Humpheries

Traditional Dancing

(Black and White)

Jason Miller

Karen New Year 2003

 Shwe Koako, Karen State

Sylvia Murcfeld

Karen State

Photographs

 Jean de La Tour

Manerplaw

Richard Humphries

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Version Date

June 2004

12/01/2005

Website: Designed, Built and written  by Paul Keenan

Karen History and Culture Preservation Society

Research, Preserve, Promote

The Karen History and Culture Preservation Society, a non-profit, non-political organisation, was formed in 2001 to research, preserve, and promote the history and culture of the ethnic Karens of Burma. The society is currently responsible for publishing a quarterly journal, ‘Karen Heritage’, maintaining this multi-media museum, implementing an oral history and tradition project, ‘Karen Voices’, which has been documenting the oral testimony and legends of Karen people throughout the border areas and in refugee camps in Thailand and also maintaining and translating resources, producing publications and video material.  

The Society is actively involved in the Karen community working closely with both the Karens in exile in Thailand, those currently residing in resistance controlled areas, and those under current Karen controlled areas under the Burmese military government. The society is involved in providing training workshops in the fields of Oral testimony collection and preservation and also in general computer skills and multi-media.

In addition, the Society also maintains a resource centre which currently holds over 150 books and magazines relating to the Karens and Burma in general. Materials are available in Sgaw Karen, Pwo Karen, Burmese and English. The centre also has its own media section which is responsible for video documentation and production and also provides training and advice to the local community.

All contributions and feedback to both the website and the journal would be gratefully received please fell free to contact us.

Organisation

Director                                             Saw Htoo Htoo Lay

Program Coordinator                   Saw Pa Thoo Plei Kho

History and Culture Advisor        Saw Hsay Ploh Po

Administrator                                  Nann Mu Chaung Khu

Researchers                                    Nann Hta Hta

                                                           Nann Moo Moo

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