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THIS IS OUR LAND... hanging the Karen tunic on the fishing rod...

The Karen Identity......???

KarenVoice.net shares information of the Karen people with the world and at the same time tries to learn valuable lessons from the International community.

KarenVoice.net reflects the past, the present and the future of the Karen people in their interactions with neighbors locally as well as globally.

Saw Loh Doh, a revered Karen teacher said: "We are the evidence of the past, we are the entity of the present and we are the eternity of the future. As long as this world survives, the Karen will survive".

Main Page Contents

Karen in the past...

• The Karen long journeys

1. The first long journey
   • Ancient Babylonian to Mongolia (2234 - 2197 B.C)
   • The Story Of “Toh Meh Pah”. - Is Toh Meh Pah a real or symbolic person?
2. The second long journey
   • Mongolia to East Turkistan (2017 - 1866 B.C)
   • Gobi Desert - A land of fantasy...
   • Lob Nor (2013 - 1866 B.C)
3. The third long journey
   • East Turkistan to Tibet (1866 - 1388 B.C)
   • Why did the Karens fail to build a nation?
4. The fourth long journey
   • The origin of the name "K.A.R.E.N"
   • Tibet to Yunnan (1388 - 1128 B.C)
5. The fifth long journey
   • Yunnan to Kaw Lah (Burma)... (1128 B.C-1040 A.D) - The First Influx into “Kaw Lah”
6. The sixth long journey
   • Yunnan to Kaw Lah (Myanmar)... (741 B.C - 1828 A.D) - Securing the land and claiming it as their own was perhaps the best reward they deserved... They all hoped that the long journeys were ended!!!

Karen at the present...

• A nation's desire "What did the Karen really want?"
• Fire among ashes "From the past, DON NOT receive ashes - but FIRE"
• This is OUR LAND... (hanging the Karen tunic on the fishing rod) "This land belongs to the Karen people and their ancestors had rightfully marked it for them..."

Karen for the future...

• The Karen vision - "Beware that inaction is a cowardice and reaction is a puppet."

Karen ancestor poems...

• God "See! How were all things afore GOD"
• Ocean floor, the safest Haven "Karen Prophetic Poem" - Will you be there?

Karen folklores...

• The story of king Saw Ta Keh Tha - To become the rulers of the land meant
  the “victors” and to become the subjects of the land meant the “victims”

• Pee Bee Yaw - Even though it sounded like a fairy tale, it disclosed the beauties
  of simple life and the blessings of obedience that made Karens

• Bamboo Certificate for Po Khai - “I give you this symbol as the rightful
  certification for your achievement in your study. You must buckle it on your waist and carry it
  with you whenever you go. Perhaps... this will become your lucky charm one day”

• The Unheard Story - It will cost the whole country’s resources to repay
  this huge debt if the king admitted that he had heard the story. But if he denied
  and said that he had never heard this story he would have to give Po Khai
  his daughter and make him heir.
  

 

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