Abstract

• Myanmar is known as a melting pot and there are over one hundred ethnic groups. The major ethnic groups are Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bamar, Mon, Rakhine and Shan. Manu Manaw national is included in Kayah ethnic group and they mostly reside in the Phruso township, Kayah State. The aim of this research is to find out how Manu Manaw is related to two major ethnic groups, Kayah and Kayin groups from anthropological point of view. This research was conducted in Taw Khu village, Pa Lei Le village, Hto Khwee Hso village and Khrow Kho village in Phruso township, and data were collected by using literature survey, the ethnographic methods including participant observation, individual in-depth interview and group interview. By studying from the point of physical anthropology and ethnography, it is known that Kayahs including Manu Manaw people are included in the language group of Kayin who are the southern Mongoloid, migrated from Tibet, China.