Myanmar
Myanmar’s biggest minority
The Shan people, also known as the Dai or Tai Yai, are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia. Primarily live in the Shan Hills, but also inhabit parts of Kachin State and Kayin State, and in adjacent regions of China (Dai people), Laos, Assam (Ahom people) and Thailand. ‘Shan’ is a generic term for all Tai-speaking peoples within Myanmar. The Shan are traditionally wet-rice cultivators, shopkeepers, and artisans.