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Nung Rawang
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The Nung-Rawang people are an ethnic group who inhabit far northern Kachin State of Myanmar (Burma). They speak a language related to Kachin.According to Kachin legend. the Nung-Rawang were the first of six brother from whom the main Kachin families are descended.
The Nung-Rawang live in some of the most remote valleys and mountains in all of Myanmar. During the British colonial period. their very existence was thought to be a myth. as incoherent reports of "pygmy tribes" in the mountains of north Burma surfaced from time to time. The Nung-Rawang are short in stature. and are known for their crossbow hunting skills. but no definitive anthropological study has ever been conducted on this remote ethnic group.
