Manau (dance)

The manau (Burmese: မနော; Chinese: 目瑙纵歌) (pinyin-mù nǎo zòng gē) dance is a traditional ceremony common to the Kachin (or Jinghpaw) people of northern Myanmar (Burma), Yunnan, China and Arunachal Pradesh, India.

The manau leader (Kachin: naushawng;[4] Chinese: 瑙双) wears a traditional headdress decorated with hornbill feathers.

Male dancers hold a traditional Kachin sword called a n'htu during the dance.

Between AD.300 and 400, Jawa Rumja (Tingli yaw), the son of Pawng Yawng, married a Lamu madai girl.

The Myitkyina Manau is currently managed by the Burmese government, a situation that has led to boycotts of the event by many Kachins.