page_title: Shan people
hierarchical_section_title: Shan people
caption_attribution_description: English: Shan woman from Laikha, Northern Shanstate, ShanUnion.
context_page_description: The Shan peoples are a Tai ethnic group of South East Asia. The Shan live mostly in Shan State, Myanmar. These people have close religious ties and similarities with Bangladesh's Chittagonian peoples.
context_section_description: The Shan peoples (Shan: ; IPA: [tɑ́ɪ], IPA: [ʃán lùmjóʊ]; Chinese: 掸族; pinyin: Shànzú；傣族) are a Tai ethnic group of South East Asia. The Shan live mostly in Shan State, Myanmar. These people have close religious ties and similarities with Bangladesh's Chittagonian peoples.
caption: Shan woman
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