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It is also one of the Kachin stock. According to the linguists they are grouped
under the Proto-Burmese Group. Maru are also know as Laungwaw+. The Maru home
is in Sadon township and the hills of the Lawkhaung Hill Tract. They plant rice
in the valleys and other corps on the hillsides but it is a subsistence economy
only. Some male Maru wear the longyi and warp a cloth around their
bodies. Some have topknots on their heads. Females usually wrap a htamein
around their bodies but it is not sewn. Pre-pubescent girls cut their hairs
crudely in a kind of a topknot but girls of age warp a black cloth high in
their heads. The females also ware hats decorated with multi-coloured tassels.
Amber beads and silver necklaces are worn around their calf. The chieftains
carry a ceremonial broadsword.
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It is prohibited to come up to the house from the front and exit through the
backdoor immediately and the offender is liable to a fine demanded by the owner
of the house. Gongs, longyi, sword, spear, buffalo, pig, silver coins and beads
are items of choice for paying the fines.
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| Maru (laung Waw) madiens in trditional
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| A Maru man (Laung Waw) |
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