into eight "major national ethnic races": 1. Kachin                                                                                                                          2. Kayah                                                                                                                     3. Kayin                                                                                                                           4. Chin                                                                                                                                5. Mon                                                                                                                             6. Bamar                                                                                                                7. Rakhine                                                                                                                          8. Shan Burma is a multi-religious country. There is no official state religion, but there is a state preference for Theravada Buddhism , the