Karen (Kayin) Traditional Clothing
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11 official sub-groups. Traditionally categorized in three color-groups: Sgaw (White Karen), Pwo, and Karenni/Kayah (Red Karen — now separately counted).
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Handwoven tunics (hta) and tube skirts on backstrap looms. Unmarried women wear long white shift dresses; married women switch to colorful patterned tunics + wrap-skirts, often with Job's-tears seed embroidery. Men wear red or black tunic with woven trim.
Kayin State; also Ayeyarwady and Bago deltas, Tanintharyi Region, Mon State and Yangon. Large diaspora in Thailand refugee camps and USA/Australia/UK/Canada resettled communities.
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