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THE KAWS OR AKHAS.

Serial
No.
Head. Brief description. Authority. Page.
1 2 3 4 5
1 Present habitat, Kengtung and to the east of the Mekong. Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part 1. 588
2 Origin ... Said to have come last from Talang T'ing in Yunnan. Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. 590
3 Political and social divisions. Seven tribal divisions referred to. Names of clans. Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. 590, 594
4 Allied Tribes Akhos ... ...
Pannas and Lotes ...
Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I.
Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I.
594
595
5 Language and dialects. Placed provisionally in the Lihsaw sub-group of the Burma group.
Vocabulary ...
Linguistic Survey of India, Vol. III, Part III.
Burma Census Report, 1901, Part I.
Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I.
383
79, 94
692
6 Religion ... A form of ancestor worship. West door of house reserved for ancestors ; offerings to ancestors. Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Parti. 593
7 Magic and witchcraft. Fear of talking about spirits lest they should resent it and visit their resentment on the speaker. Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. 594