We will acknowledge you as the source for the ones we use on the website. We have provided a form for uploading more photographs ( digital jpg or png format) that you might like to contribute to this site. Hopefully, the website will provide those offspring who have lost touch over the decades, an opportunity to glean through and learn about their Shan homeland Due to the changes in political circumstances, the families of the Saohpas have emigrated far and wide, though some remain in Burma. It is aimed at giving a taste of the book to anyone interested and wishes to get a quick overview of the contents containing information, photographs and family trees of the Shan Saohpas. You can buy the hardcover version at cost from Lulu – use this link to buy.
This is written by Sao Sanda, the eldest daughter of the last Saohpa of Yawnghwe. Great Lords of the Sky is now available! It contain a deeper and well-researched documentation of the Saohpas. The military coup in 1962 totally dissolved this chieftain system, when many of them were incarcerated or secretly executed. Originally each Saohpa completely governed his mong but this changed during the British colonial period, but the Saohpas were still allowed a fair amount of monarchical powers. A mong was looked after by a hereditary prince/chief, called Saohpa or Sao Hpa, meaning “Lord of the Sky”.
Shan States is made up of many different principalities or “mongs”.
The Tais possessed a social organisation of a feudal type, which existed for many generations. News – Great Lords of the Sky is now available!Īlthough Shan States is geopolitically in Burma the Shans (Tais) are different in their origin and language from the other groups in that country.
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