The social position and the culture of Kachin tribe.

          The Kachin tribe is the one of hilltribe people that respects with important position in the village. When has performing a ceremony in the village, they will give a well- informed or who have a position to perform a ceremony. The other people or the general person don't dare to do because it might be make a mistake which might affect bad evil with a person who perform a ceremony. The important position in the community of Kachin tribe such as

          •  The village leader or administration leader is “Tua” have to govern, take care , happiness and sorrow of the community and judge a case in community including communicate with the officer or the organization from the outside that comes to contact or coordinate activities with the community. Include have the power to making the decision and the problem that happen in the community as in the community gets into trouble “Tua” will have the power in making the decision anyway. If story is big cases “Tua” will call committee of the community comes to share in making the decision.

          •  The leader for praying in the ceremony or “Tuem-Sa” the person who has the duty in performing ceremony karma in the community such as offer sacrifices to the spirit. When the people in the community has a fever like to come to see “Tuem-Sa” for foretell the reason that make the person who have a fever and what they must do to get better. When know the cause of having a fever from the cause “Tuem-Sa” help perform a ceremony to cure the fever. The reward that “Tuem-Sa” will get when raise perform the ceremony as they kill a pig “Tuem-Sa” will get one leg or in the community has gone out to hunt animal and get the animal neither tiny or big, they will have distribution gives to “Tuem-Sa”and “Tua” With “Tuem-Sa” and “Tua” will help solve the problem when who have the trouble if who don't divide the pieces to “Tuem-Sa” and “Tua” when get into trouble happen “Tuam-Sa” and “Tua” do not come to help and solve the problem. The inheriting position “Tuem-Sa” will have no investigating follows an ancestor but be learning by oneself or come to beg for study with oneself. The person who take an interest will go to see for learn while there is performing a ceremony if in the normally day can not study.

          •  The assistant for praying leader in the ceremony or “Tuem-Jong”, has the duty to prepare the equipment for perform the ceremony like to make a convenience everything in performing a ceremony with “Tuem-Sa”.

Having appointed the social and culture position.
          •  In having the importance culture appointed position in Kachin tribe have no inheriting follows an ancestor but it like learning by the well-informed will teach to who take an interest to study when only have performing a ceremony. Usual time can not teach or learn.

Information from:
Baan Mai patthana “Kachin” Moo 12 Thambon Muangna, Chiangdao district, Chiangmai

Inmormant:  

1. Boonchoo TuaMo
2. Kaew (Ka-Kom)
3. Pan- Pan (The villager leader)
4. Mrs. Anun Chimrang.

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