Kachin forefathers elders (from age to age) tell younger generations that a group of people (Kachin) moved down slowly from Tibetan plateau (the so called Majoi Shingra Bum) to Western China and then to northern Myanmar in about ten century AD. They stopped in some fertile places such as Mahkum Madam (Mahkum Gang-China Boarder) Mali Hku Majoi, Chyai hku Majoi, and Hkrang Hku Majoi living there for some centuries. Manau Dance had been celebrated in Chyai Hku and Hkrang Hku Majoi. Manau dances usually celebrated for fraternity, prosperity, Victory, and for farewell among the brothers and close relatives. They departed a new people who have their own literature and Bible to different part of Northern Myanmar, Northeast India, And Yu Nan Province in China. And Northern and Eastern Shan State after Manau Dance at Hkrang Hku Majoi. Their religion was Nat Worshipping (animism) but they believed in the Creator God, the God of Omnipotence, Omniscience and Omnipresence. They called upon this God in time of great need. They called this God “Hpan Ningsang, Chye Ningchyang” (Creator andOmniscience God). The major changes took place (in their life) when the British occupied Kachin land and when Christianity was accepted by the people. The six ethnic group of People Rawang,
Laovoh (Maru), Lachid (Lashi), A Zi (Zaiwa), Lisu and Jinghpaw belong to Kachin nationality.
We use Jinghpaw as our common language. There are about one million Kachins in Myanmar.
Reference: Kachin Baptist Convention
