Kachin

Kachin State is the northernmost nation of Myanmar. It is bordered by means of China to the north and east; Shan State to the south; and Sagaing Region and India to the west. It lies among north latitude 23° 27' and 28° 25' longitude 96° 0' and ninety eight° forty four'. The region of Kachin State is 89,041 km2. The capital of the kingdom is Myitkyina. Other essential cities encompass Bhamo, Mohnyin and Putao. Kachin State has Myanmar's highest mountain, Hkakabo Razi, forming the southern tip of the Himalayas, and a massive inland lake, Indawgyi Lake. Traditional Kachin society become primarily based on moving hill agriculture.

According to "The Political Systems of Highland Burma: A Study of Kachin Social Structure", written by way of E. R. Leach, Kachin turned into not a linguistic class. Political authority turned into primarily based on chieftains who depended on aid from instantaneous kinsmen. Considerable interest has been given with the aid of anthropologists of the Kachin custom of maternal cousin marriage, in which it's miles permissible for a man to marry his mom's brother's daughter, however now not with the father's sister's daughter. In pre-colonial times, the Kachin had been animist.