A group of Yawyin women. Photograph of James Henry Green taken in the 1920s. 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.
'The women wear either a large turban, or a sort of gay head wrap, ornamented with tassels. They dress in a blue long tailed coat, shorts and gaiters, with a long apron in front, and are plentifully decorated with patched of green, yellow and red cloth' [dissertation, 1934:261].
*****'Population [of 'Flowery' Lisu] in 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].
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