I heard there are lots of Karen Burmese in Minnesota?

They have been heavily persecuted by the Burmese armies and gov't. I heard United States accepted thousands of Karen from Thailand refugees camps.
Most of them located in Midwest.

Interesting. Have you seen the new Rambo?

Nope, I have not seen the new Rambo.
Why? Wassup?

The plot has to do with the situation with the junta in Burma. It will remind you of Hmong. You'll like it.

I won't like it because I don't like having the flashback of innocent people getting kill. lol

Yeah, most of them are innocent. They're predominantly Christian.

I hear the Mon face a similar situation in Myanmar/Burma. Nope, never met a Burmese before. Only on AF.
Off topic, but did you hear about NY accepting those Bhutanese refugees? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7372916.stm

I heard. Most Karen are Christians.
Originally, they believe in Buddhism because of the Mon influenced from Burma, but
eventually many converted.

The Karen people have interesting dances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcDUouIGOHU

They remind me of ethnic Wa from China.

@jake

I haven't heard, but thank for sharing.

Karen people visit my cousin's shop everyday. They are in St. paul MN.

I haven't seen them around. Are they related to us? lol

No, they are related more toward the Lahu people.

My friend is dating a Karen.

Lahu???? Tibetan-burmu people eh? Are they "indianized" people?

<--- Lahu right? i wouldn't mind dating one too!

Yes, Tibetan-Burmu people. No, Lahu are not indianized. They're animist.
The Karen were indianized under the Mon influences, but majority of Karen nowadays are Christians.

I wouldn't mind dating a Lahu or Karen. hehehe

No, the majority of Karens are still Buddhist. Christian Karens tend to get alot of attention in the international media because they are ones who mostly face persecution in Burma, and hence make up the bulk of the Karen refugees residing in the West. Therefore it seems as though the majority of Karens are Christian but in reality they're just a minority but nonetheless still make up around 20-30% of the total Karen population. The rest are either Theravada Buddhists like the Bamar and Mon or practicse traditional animistic beliefs.

Have you guys heard of the NE Indian tribes of India.I think Manipuris and nagas are similar to the Burmese . An insurgencys has been going on for many many years in those states with Indian soldiers commiting rapes on their women.Due to the SPECIAL ARMES FORCES SPECIAL POWERS ACT passed in 1958 to fight scesionest and terrorists, the army is given the power to shoot on sight and arrest anybody without a warrant ,these powers have been blamed for many atrocities commited by indian soldiers on the people of the 7 ne indian states in India (called the seven sisters) who look east asian . Google ARMED FORCES SPECIAL POWERS ACT INDIA and Read up on the situation of the people there ,also read up on how Sikkim became part of India.Read up on how the NE indian states became part of India because of the british,the situation there is not unlike what is happening in tibet, we dont know anything about what goes on there is because the westerners are intimidated by Indians and wont go there to report on what is happening , and also special permits are require to visit this part of the country.