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<div>{{see also|Karen people}}<br />
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{{infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Karen <br /> စှီၤ/ကညီ<br />
| image = [[File:A Karen woman.jpg|200px]]<br />
| image_caption = A S'gaw Karen woman in a traditional dress<br />
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| flag_caption = Karen flag<br />
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[[File:MyanmarKayin.png|framed|right|1000px|Karen state in Myanmar]]<br />
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The '''S'gaw''',({{Lang-ksw|စှီၤ}} or {{my|ပှၤကညီဖိ}}) also known as Skaw, S'gaw, S'gau, '''White Karen''',<ref name="scott"/> '''Paganyaw''', Pgaz Cgauz and Pakayo,<ref>[http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~aslan/pgazpape.pdf Land Use and Sustainability in the Highlands of Northern Thailand] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929062123/http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~aslan/pgazpape.pdf |date=2011-09-29 }}</ref>{{better source|date=June 2016}} are an [[ethnic group]] of [[Burma]] and [[Thailand]].<ref>[http://chiangmai.prdnorth.in.th/detail_1476_eng.php Hilltribes in Thailand]</ref> They speak the [[S'gaw Karen language]].<ref>[https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ksw Ethnologue - Karen, S’gaw]</ref><br />
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The S'gaw are a subgroup of the [[Karen people]]. They are also referred to by the [[exonym]] "White Karen", a term dating from colonial times and used in contrast to the [[Red Karen|Karenni]] (or "Red Karen") and the [[Pa'O people|Pa'O]] (or "Black Karen"), even though the latter often rejected the term "Karen" to refer to themselves.<ref name="scott">[[James George Scott|Sir George Scott]]. ''Among the Hill Tribes of Burma – An Ethnological Thicket.'' National Geographic Magazine, 1922, p. 293</ref><br />
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The S'gaw live primarily in eastern Burma ([[Kayin State|Karen State]], [[Mon state]], [[Kayah State|Karenni state]]). Many of them migrate to Thai-Burmese border and live there as a refugees for many decades due to conflict in Karen state. S'gaw people are the founder of the [[Karen National Union]] (KNU).<br />
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==Origins==<br />
[[File:Omens in the Sun.jpg|thumb|Manuscript of the mid-nineteenth century, possibly of Sgaw Karen origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/world/heavens.html|title=The Heavens - World Treasures: Beginnings - Exhibitions - Library of Congress|publisher=loc.gov}}</ref>]]<br />
Karen ([[S'gaw]] and [[Pwo Karen|Pwo]]) legend refer to a 'river of running sand' ({{Lang-ksw|ထံဆဲမဲးယွါ}}) which they believe '''Pu Taw Meh Pa''' led the Karen people across the river of the running sand. Many Karen think this refers to the [[Gobi Desert]], although they have lived in Burma for centuries. The legend made the Karen people believe that they are from [[Mongolia]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Karen people]]<br />
* [[Karen Baptist Convention]]<br />
* [[Karen Baptist Theological Seminary]]<br />
* [[Karen of the Andamans]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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