A Nawchang [Ngawchang] Yawyin with bow and squirrel skin. (Researcher's notes in brackets) Yawyin was a term that was sometimes used in relation to Lisu peoples. It was considered an insult by Lisu peoples themselves and was never employed when talking about oneself.
"Population in ['Flowery' Lisu] Burma - 19,865. The Flowery Lisus are an off-shoot from the main body of the tribe which occurs scattered throughout the highest mountains in Western Yunnan. In British territory isolated colonies exist in the Upper Ngawchang and Panwa Valleys of Htawgaw; the Upper Shingaw Valley of Sadon; near Sima, near Sinlum Kaba; and again in the Northern Shan States south-west of Namhkan. Finally they are found as far south as Kengtung and Mong Pan in the Southern Shan States and also occur in Indo-China and in Northern Siam." [dissertation, 1934:28-29]
*****Their chief crops are maize, millet, buckwheat and hemp. Wild honey is used in making a very palatable alcoholic drink. They are great hunters and trappers. The pig is, however, the only domestic animal which is killed for meat.
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