The Tribes of Burma/Bibliographical notes/Palaungs

by Cecil Champain Lowis

THE PALAUNGS.

References :

Lowis = "A Note on the Palaungs of Hsipaw and Tawngpeng." C. C. Lowis, Rangoon, 1906.

Serial No.	Head.	Brief description.	Authority.	Page.
1	2	3	4	5
1	Present habitat.	Shan States, Ruby Mines District.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Lowis     ...     ... "Yunnan." H.R.Davies, Cambridge, 1909.	484  1  376
2	Origin ...	Central Asia ...	Lowis   ...   ...	1
3	Political and social divisions.	Clans distinguished by different dress. Palaungs and Pales.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Lowis ... ...	486  20
4	Allied tribes ...	Was, Riangs, Kamus ...	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Lowis   ...   ...	492, 493  1
5	Language and dialects.	Vocabularies Mon-Annam sub-family of the Indo-Chinese family.[1]	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Lowis ... ... Burma Census Report, 1901, Part I.	626-645  7  89
6	Religion ...	Buddhism, tempered with animism. Nat festivals, Damada Savubiva.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Lowis   ...   ...	487, 490-491
7	Magic and witchcraft.	Alleged power of bewitching cattle and ponies.	Lowis   ...   ...	6
8	Marriage customs and ceremonies.	Courting customs ; drawing of lots. Marriage by purchase. Faint traces of endogamy.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Lowis ... ...	489 10
9	Death and burial ceremonies.	Burial the rule. Monks and those of chiefly blood burnt.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Lowis ... ...	490 11
10	Clothing ...	Men—dressed like Shans, Women—dressed generally in coat and skirt, latter varying with clan. Hood almost universally worn ; gaiters.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Lowis ... ... Reconnaissance through the Province of Kokang. H. B. Walker, Rangoon, 1892. "Yünnan." H. R. Davies, Cambridge, 1909.	487 14 et seq. 11 376
11	Personal ornaments.	Silver torques, ear tubes, waist rings, bangles, plates of metal on the edge of jackets, head bands.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Reconnaissance through the Province of Kokang. H. B. Walker, Rangoon 1892. Lowis ... ...	487 11   14 et seq.
12	Painting and tattooing.	Men tattooed like Shans from waist to knee.	Lowis ... ...	15
13	Games and amusements.	Dancing, etc.	Lowis ... ...	12
14	Agriculture ...	Tea and rice cultivated In some places opium ...	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Lowis ... ...	486 493 11
15	Habitations...	Bamboo and thatch, raised from ground, frequently accommodating several families.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Lowis ... ... "Yunnan." H. R. Davies, Cambridge, 1909.	487 5 376
16	Government ...	Clans self-governing to a certain extent. Paw-lams.	Lowis ... ...	21
17	Character	Peaceable and law-abiding.	Lowis	3
18	Trade ...	Tea, bullock caravans ...	Lowis ... ...	12
19	Education ...	Elementary education in I monasteries.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I.	493
20	Writing and drawing.	What writing there is is in the Shan character and is Shan or Pâli.	Lowis ... ...	9
21	Music and Poetry.	Musical instruments, gong's, etc.	Lowis ... ...	13
22	Arts, e.g., pottery, weaving, dyeing.	Weaving	Lowis ... ...	12
23	Engineering and implements.	Das, etc.	Lowis ... ...	13
24	Food, etc.	Rice, tea, tobacco smoked comparatively little, but betel universally chewed.	Lowis ... ...	14
25	Miscellaneous, folklore, etc.	Origin of tea industry ; ophiolatry.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Lowis ... ...	491 16
26	Anthropometric data.	Cephalic index ... 80.5 Facial index ... 120.8 Height standing 158.1	Anthropometric data from Burma. B. Gupta, Calcutta, 1906.	84

1. Now shown (vide Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume I, page 390) as belonging to the Mon Khmer family.