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Wa Christians mark centennial
The 100th year ceremony to mark coming of Christ was held for three days, 16-18 April, in Kengtung, the capital of Shan State East, according to Lahu and Shan sources returning to the border.
William
Marcus Young
Marcus
Young, the great-grandson of William Marcus Young, who baptized the first Wa Ai
Ron on 17 April 1908, was present at the occasion to bless the event, according
to a Shan pastor.
The milestone event at Kengtung’s Moeng Jem quarter was witnessed by some 4,000
visitors, 350 from Lashio alone, according to a Lahu source.
This was the 4th centennial since the turn of the century marked by Shan State
East’s ethnic groups who have adopted Christianity as their way of life: Lahus
in 2004, Shans in 2006 and Akhas in 2007.
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