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PART II.—The Awa Khamis, Ahraing Khamis, and Mros .

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Mro people traditional dance image,Bandarban region ,in Bangladesh.   PART II.—The Awa Khamis, Ahraing Khamis, and Mros in the Ponnagyun Chin Hills, Ponnagyun Township, by U Ohn Pe, Assistant Township Officer, Ponnagyun. Region.—The census operations were started on the 28th December 1930, along the Yo Chaung watercourse commencing from Taungminkala village. The last village along the Yo Chaung and the remotest at its source is Baidaung-khein-nan village. The operations at the last village were completed on the 12th January 1931. As it would have taken at least a fortnight to go back to Taungminkala on the Yo Chaung to start operations from Awrama village along the Tawpya Chaung watercourse, I crossed over Khaungdaing, which is the mountain barrier between these two chaungs (streams), to the source of the Taw-pya Chaung by the pass, which is locally known as the Khaungdan Pass. It is between Baidaung-u-taw and Baidaung-bo-lein villages. As the steepness of the mountain is just about th