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WAA0070. [A Kachin house.] (Researcher's notes in brackets)
This seems to be the Namhkyek Duwa's house, as seen in some photographs of the manau that Green attended in the 1920s. The Namhkyek Duwa was one of the most important Kachin chiefs of the Maran clan who resided in Northern Shan State. He had a good relationship with Green and invited him to a large manau, of which there are many photographs in the collection. Green was impressed by the Duwa and wrote of him: "Discipline - or at least the administration of it - is one of his qualities. He has thirty police wearing his uniform. Even the village children are drilled; not to mention the Duwa's own dogs, whom he has taught to perform all manner of tricks." [in 'Races of Burma', 1st edn, 1920, Meiktila, p.69]
***** "The houses have no particular orientation. The Duwa [chief] has ordinarily the best site in the midst of his subjects. His house, called the 'tingnu', is usually a very long one and can be identified by the sun and moon outside the front porch. The Hkahku house is in most respects similar to the Kachin house but is on a larger scale. The biggest house I saw was in Tingnan village. It was 110 yards long and contained nineteen fireplaces." [dissertation, 1934:73-74]
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This seems to be the Namhkyek Duwa's house, as seen in some photographs of the manau that Green attended in the 1920s. The Namhkyek Duwa was one of the most important Kachin chiefs of the Maran clan who resided in Northern Shan State. He had a good relationship with Green and invited him to a large manau, of which there are many photographs in the collection. Green was impressed by the Duwa and wrote of him: "Discipline - or at least the administration of it - is one of his qualities. He has thirty police wearing his uniform. Even the village children are drilled; not to mention the Duwa's own dogs, whom he has taught to perform all manner of tricks." [in 'Races of Burma', 1st edn, 1920, Meiktila, p.69]
***** "The houses have no particular orientation. The Duwa [chief] has ordinarily the best site in the midst of his subjects. His house, called the 'tingnu', is usually a very long one and can be identified by the sun and moon outside the front porch. The Hkahku house is in most respects similar to the Kachin house but is on a larger scale. The biggest house I saw was in Tingnan village. It was 110 yards long and contained nineteen fireplaces." [dissertation, 1934:73-74]
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