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Children Of Shan Them Show Kinnari Dance For Traveler. Kinnara And Kinnari Dance Acting Are Culture And Tradition Of Shan People For Celebration.nnthe Shan (Shan:thai: À¹„À¸—À¹ƑหÀ¸À¹ˆ Or À¸‰À¸²À¸™) Are A Tai Ethnic Group Of Southeast Asia. The Shan Live Primarily In The Shan State Of Burma (Myanmar), But Also Inhabit Parts Of Mandalay Division, Kachin State, And Kayin State, And In Adjacent Regions Of China, Laos And Thailand. Though No Reliable Census Has Been Taken In Burma Since 1935, The Shan Are Estimated To Number Between 4-6 Million.nnthe Capital Of Shan State Is Taunggyi, A Small City Of About 150,000 People. Other Major Cities Include Thibaw (Hsipaw), Lashio, Kengtung And Tachileik.nnthe Majority Of Shan Are Theravada Buddhists, And The Shan Constitute One Of The Four Main Buddhist Ethnic Groups In Burma; The Others Are The Bamar, The Mon And The Rakhine.nnmost Shan Speak The Shan Language And Are Bilingual In Burmese. The Shan Language, Spoken By About 5 Or 6 Million, Is Closely Related To Thai And Lao, And Is Part Of The Family Of Tai Languages. It Is Spoken In Shan State, Some Parts Of Kachin State, Some Parts Of Sagaing Division In Burma, Parts Of Yunnan, And In Parts Of Northwestern Thailand, Including Mae Hong Son Province And Chiang Mai Province. The Two Major Dialects Differ In Number Of Tones: Hsenwi Shan Has Six Tones, While Mongnai Shan Has Five. The Shan Script Is An Adaptation Of The Mon Script Via The Burmese Script. However, Few Shan Are Literate In Their Own Language.

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Children of Shan them show kinnari dance for traveler. Kinnara and kinnari dance acting are culture and tradition of Shan people for celebration.nnThe Shan (Shan:Thai: ไทใหญ่ or ฉาน) are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia. The Shan live primarily in the Shan State of Burma (Myanmar), but also inhabit parts of Mandalay Division, Kachin State, and Kayin State, and in adjacent regions of China, Laos and Thailand. Though no reliable census has been taken in Burma since 1935, the Shan are estimated to number between 4-6 million.nnThe capital of Shan State is Taunggyi, a small city of about 150,000 people. Other major cities include Thibaw (Hsipaw), Lashio, Kengtung and Tachileik.nnThe majority of Shan are Theravada Buddhists, and the Shan constitute one of the four main Buddhist ethnic groups in Burma; the others are the Bamar, the Mon and the Rakhine.nnMost Shan speak the Shan language and are bilingual in Burmese. The Shan language, spoken by about 5 or 6 million, is closely related to Thai and Lao, and is part of the family of Tai languages. It is spoken in Shan State, some parts of Kachin State, some parts of Sagaing Division in Burma, parts of Yunnan, and in parts of northwestern Thailand, including Mae Hong Son Province and Chiang Mai Province. The two major dialects differ in number of tones: Hsenwi Shan has six tones, while Mongnai Shan has five. The Shan script is an adaptation of the Mon script via the Burmese script. However, few Shan are literate in their own language.

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