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Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
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Burma, Thailand, Salt Lake City, Logan (Utah)
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Tun Lay, 1954-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
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2015-05-16
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Tun Lay talks about his journey from Burma to Logan, Utah. He describes his time spent in refugee camps and the differences between his life then and his life now.
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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
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Gross, Susan
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Tun Lay, 1954-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
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2015-05-16
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Tun Lay talks about his journey from Burma to Logan, Utah. He describes his time spent in refugee camps and the differences between his life then and his life now.
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CACHE VALLEY REFUGEE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
TRANSCRIPTION COVER SHEET
Interviewee: Tun Lay
Present: Tun Lay, Bethany Hanks, Chit Moe, Wes Van de Water, Meagan Gill
Place of Interview: Tun Lay’s home in Logan, Utah
Date of Interview: May 16, 2015
Language(s): Pwo Karen; English
Translation:
Interviewer: Bethany Hanks
Interpreter: Chit Moe
Recordist: Wes Van de Water
Photographer: Meagan Gill
Recording Equipment: Tascam DR-100mk11 linear PCM recorder; Senal ENG-18RL
broadcast-quality omnidirectional dynamic microphone
Transcription Equipment: Express Scribe with PowerPlayer foot pedal.
Transcribed by: Susan Gross, May 17, 2015
Transcript Proofed by: Bethany Hanks, May 18, 2015
Brief Description of Contents: Tun Lay describes his life as a Karen refugee. He talks about
his life in Burma during war, and the hardships placed on him by the Burmese military in trying
to earn a living as a farmer. He explains how he escaped from Burma to Thailand refugee camps,
and how he eventual brought his wife and child to live with him there. Tun Lay recounts his
experiences in various refugee camps (including fleeing villages burned by Burmese military, his
religious path, and family), and also how he eventually came to the United States (first Salt Lake
City, Utah; followed by Logan, Utah). He discusses how he came to live in Cache Valley, Utah,
and how he has adjusted to living and working in the United States.
Reference: BH = Bethany Hanks
BHI = Bethany Hanks’ words interpreted by translator
TL = Tun Lay
TLI = Tun Lay’s words interpreted by translator
WV = Wes Van de Water
WVI = Wes Van de Water’s words interpreted by translator
MG = Meagan Gill
MGI = Meagan Gill’s words interpreted by translator
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NOTE: Interjections during pauses or transitions in dialogue such as “uh” and false starts and
stops in conversations are not included in transcribed. All additions to transcript are noted with
brackets.
TAPE TRANSCRIPTION
[00:01]
BH: Okay. Today is May 16, 2015, and this is Bethany Hanks with Wes Van de Water and
Meagan Gill. We are students at Utah State University, and we are working on a project
called “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Right now we are visiting Tun Lay in his
home, in Logan, Utah, and Chit Moe is our translator.
So, first of all thank you, Tun Lay, for letting us come here into your home.
BHI: [Repeating statement in Pwo Karen.]
BH: First, I would like to know what is your full name, and your birth year?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: My name is Tun Lay and I was born in 1958.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Oh, 1954. I’m sorry, 1954.
BH: Okay. Thank you.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And May 28th, 1954.
BH: Okay, thank you. And what languages do you speak?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: He speaks Karen, Pwo Karen and Burmese, but right now we are speaking Pwo Karen.
BH: Okay; so not Burmese?
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TLI: No, it’s not Burmese.
BH: Okay; very cool. Can you tell me about your family?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Yes.
BH: So, do you have other family members?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: He has a family here, but not relatives.
BH: Oh, okay. So you have family here, but not relatives? So like you have a brother and
sister, or I don’t know if I quite understand?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: I have a wife [laughs] –
BH: Oh, okay.
TLI: And three children – one is married (and he is in Arizona), and the other two live with
me.
BH: Wow, so they live here?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Yes, two live with him, and the other one is in Arizona.
BH: Okay. Were your children – were they born here?
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
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TLI: No, none.
BH: None? Where did you live before?
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Before I was in Burma in the city called Tun Aung; the name of the city is Tun Aung.
[Translator speaking to interviewer] Should I spell it?
BH: Yeah, how do you spell that?
TLI: Tun Aung (I think): T-U-N A-U-N-G. Tun Aung.
[Translator speaking to interviewee in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: P-U, actually. It’s P-U.
BH: P-U-N?
TLI: No, just P-U.
BH: Oh, just P-U?
[04:02]
TLI: Pu Aung.
BH: Pu Aung.
TLI: That’s the name of the city.
BH: Wow. Can you tell me a little about this city?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Ever since I was born in that city, I grew up; when I got old I married to my wife, then
we moved to Thailand and now we’re in America. But I can tell you step by step of the
process of what I’ve been through.
BH: I would love to hear, step by step, the process.
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BHI: [Repeating remark in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Yeah, he is going to explain it step by step.
BH: Okay.
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So when I got married I had one kid.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So my occupation was being a farmer and raising cows and other animals.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Me living in the United States, there are difficulties here.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Oh, it’s still in Burma, actually (my mistake).
BH: In Burma?
TLI: Yeah. So we faced difficulties in Pu Aung, in Burma.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So in Burma there are difficulties, meaning we were in fear of Burmese military, and we
couldn’t do work freely.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So between Burmese military and the Karen military, they were in war and we were
really scared.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So we couldn’t do our work when there was a war because the Burmese military would
come to our village and take us as porters – you know, forcing us to do work for them.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
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TLI: So if they couldn’t find us, they would go to our work place and kind of drag us to where
they wanted to take us; if not, they would come at night and just force us – just drag us
out of our house.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Living there was really difficult, and I couldn’t do any work; so moving around and I
ended up in Thailand.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: I was just following strangers, being stranded, and that’s how I got to Thailand.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So living in Thailand many, many years I have learned and found the U.N., which is a
great organization which helps the refugees: they give food and shelter.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
[08:39]
TLI: So from what I see from what I learned, I wanted my wife to come to Thailand in a
refugee camp. So I started telling her to do the same process, you know, asking strangers
for a ride, being stranded; and that’s how she also got to a Thailand refugee camp.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So living there many, many years I had two children.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So living there for many, many years again, we were given like a photo ID for living in a
refugee camp (like a permanent resident thing).
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: [Responding to interviewee in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So after a few years we learned that the UN were telling people that they could go to
other countries (like United States, Australia). And then they told us that we had to fill
out an application, and we did it.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
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TLI: So many people in a refugee camp came to such other countries, and I was also one of
them.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So in June it will be –
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: In June 11th of this year it will be –
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: It will be seven years of my family living in Utah, in the United States.
BH: Wow.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Living here is very, very peaceful, happy for me and my family; I have work, I have
food, I mean, there is nothing to worry about (like being free, peaceful), you know, being
free.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: I am very, very happy, and I am very glad I am in this state and in this country.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So everything I was born living in Burma was really difficult, and there was many
difficulties; and there are many, many things that I have faced that I just can’t talk about
it all at the same time because there are just many, many difficulties.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And my family and I are very, very thankful to the UN, which they provided us food and
shelter; we are very, very thankful to them.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Yeah, being in Utah is the same thing: many people help us out, you know, getting us a
house (for example), and yeah –
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
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TLI: So when I first came to the United States I was in Salt Lake for a year, and now I am in
Logan for almost six years.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
[12:25]
TLI: And I am very happy for being in Logan, and I have a job in JBS, and I have worked
there for almost seven years.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Just like that.
BH: Wow. So you mentioned going from Burma to Thailand, and it sounds like you would
take rides from strangers. Can you describe a little bit more about maybe what the
journey was like going from Burma to Thailand?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So number one key is between Burma and Thailand, there were a lot of people who were
like transporter (I would say): they would do business across each country –
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Okay, some people would hire other people – I mean, some people would go to Thailand,
buy a lot of food, and then they would hire people and take it back to Burma and sell it
there.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: I was one of the people who got hired. I was carrying bags, you know, back and forth and
that’s how I got to Thailand.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And when I got to Thailand I saw Thai people, you know, they were hiring people to do
work, and I was one of the workers in there as well.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So from there, working there for a few months – as I was crossing from Thailand to
Burma, I saw a refugee camp (which I also heard about it), and that’s when I started
going to the refugee camp asking people, maybe to see if there is anyone I know, and
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people were telling me that, “It’s better here,” you know, “we have food; we are stuffed.
You should come and live over here.”
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And that’s when I tell my wife and my child to also come up to the refugee camp to live
with me.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And living there many, many years – that’s when that organization, they were you know,
taking applications; and that’s how I got here.
BH: Okay; wow. After you fill out an application, is it difficult to get into the camp – the
refugee camp?
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
[16:16]
TLI: So there was no application to get to the refugee camp. What you do is that you go talk to
– so in the refugee camp there is a certain section where they put you in – you just go talk
to the leader, just talk to him or her, and then he would like take you to another person
who is like the leader for the whole camp. And then that’s when you started telling your
story, and that’s when they can tell whether you’re lying, or whether you’re telling the
truth and how difficult your life was; and that’s how they accept me to live in the camp.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So why they were asking me questions, you know, how my life was, I have to tell the
truth and later on they would have to, you know, figure out whether that’s the truth or
not. If it’s true, then they let me live in there; if not, then no.
BH: Okay. Was it difficult for your wife and your child to also come over?
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: [Speaking to interviewee in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
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TLI: There was no difficulty for my wife and child to come to the refugee camp because I was
already there, and all I had to do was tell the leader – tell him that my wife is coming, and
he would be like, “Okay, that’s fine.” But the difficulty was for my wife and child to get
to the refugee camp – that was one of the difficulties. Because fortunately my wife speaks
Burmese, so sometimes she would speak in Burmese and people would think, “Oh, she’s
Burmese, just let her go.” And sometimes the military would think that, “Oh, this is a
very pitiful family, just let them go.” And that’s how they got to the refugee camp.
BH: Wow.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
[Tun Lay’s daughter and one of his sons enter the room. His daughter greets everyone.]
BH: Hello.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So for me and my family, on my way to the refugee camp, we have met with Karen
military, and they were very nice, very generous; they helped us –
[Tun Lay’s daughter drops something on the floor; she apologizes.]
TLI: You know, they help us get to another place and they were really nice.
BH: Okay. So was it dangerous at all – that trip from Burma to Thailand? I’m just wondering
if – because it sounds like you rely a lot on strangers – is that difficult to do, is that scary?
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
[19:56]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So one thing is that once you reach the border between Burma and Thailand, it’s easier –
you can just walk to the refugee camp with nothing to worry about.
BH: Okay.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Once you reach Thailand border – you can either walk there or take a ride from the Thai
military, and you can just pay them $5 or $10.
BH: Wow. So can you describe for me a little what your surroundings were in the refugee
camp – like what it looked like?
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BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So when I was in the refugee camp there was a city called Kue Bong [??] (I don’t know
how to spell that), but Kue Bong –
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So you know, like I said, there was a city really close to the refugee camp; in that camp –
we lived there for a few years, and then Burmese military were coming and they burned
the whole village down.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And then we started, after the Burmese military were coming to burn our refugee camp,
we moved to another camp, which is called –
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: [Speaking to the interviewee in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Kue Bong was the first refugee camp that I was in, and after a few years the Burmese
military were coming, burned down the village; and then I got to another town which is
called –
[Speaking to interviewee in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Kwe Ka Lu [??]
TL: Kwe Ka Lu
TLI: Kwe Ka Lu. K-something. Got it?
BH: Kwe Ka Lu
TLI: Um-hmm.
[Speaking to interviewee in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
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TLI: And living there for one and a half years, the Burmese military were there again, and they
burned the village down and we started –
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So after when the Burmese military were coming and, you know, burning the village
down we got help from the UN. They took us over the mountains, and we started living
on a mountain – it’s called Umpium camp right now. A lot of Karen people were there as
well; it is on a mountain.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So I can still remember the year that I got to the Umpium camp – it was 1999.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So starting from 1999, I lived in the Umpium camp all the way until 2008; and that’s
when I started coming to the United States.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: June 11th, 2008, was the date I departed from the refugee camp.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And I lived in Salt Lake for one year, and now I’m here in Logan for six years.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Yep, that’s pretty much it.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Living here is really a good thing for me, you know; you can go anywhere you want, you
have a job. I’m really happy.
[24:40]
BH: That’s good. Let’s see – so can you tell me a little about your first months here, in the
United States; and maybe the problems and the difficulties, but maybe also the good
things that you saw?
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
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TLI: When I first arrived in the United States my family, we were put in a house (like in an
apartment), and people were saying, “Later on, if you guys cannot pay the rent, you guys
will be kicked out.” And we were really worried, you know, and that was one of the fears
that we had in our first month. And after a few months we had to do like a community
service at CCS (in Salt Lake) where we had to go and give food to the people (I think
they are the homeless, I think that’s the service). And after a few months I heard about
the JBS and I came here, got a job, and that’s when I asked my family to move here.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: [Speaking to interviewee in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So you know, in that first month there wasn’t a lot to do; but on the second month, like I
said, I had to do service at CCS (it was fun), and I had to do it two days a week, and the
other two days was me going to school to learn English.
[27:59]
BH: Wow. So when you came to the United States, did you have any prior knowledge of
English?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: No, not at all; my wife, my children – nobody knows English.
BH: Wow.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And I only know how to read Burmese, specifically.
BH: Wow. So did that make it difficult to interact with people when you first moved here?
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: It wasn’t really difficult because I was speaking with other Karen communities; and if I
wanted to talk to an English speaker we had it translated.
BH: Okay.
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TLI: So there wasn’t any difficulties.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So if we wanted to go buy groceries, we would ask someone who came here before us,
you know, who has a car – and we would ask them to take us to buy food, groceries.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: [Speaking to interviewee in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So if we needed help with anything we would go to IRC (it’s also in Salt Lake) and they
have translators over there, you know; they have people that can help you with what you
need.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Like I said, if we need help we can go to IRC, CCS or another place – it’s called DWS
(it’s Department of Workforce Services); and they also have translators over there, you
know. We would like ask someone who came before us to take us over there, or
sometimes DWS will come and pick us up personally.
BH: Wow.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So everybody surrounding me here – like all the Americans – they were really nice; they
helped us in many ways.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And that is why I am living here really happy, my family is really happy.
BH: That’s good.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
BH: So the reason why you moved to Logan was to work at JBS?
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
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TLI: Yes, that is correct.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So you know, when I was hired at JBS I worked there for one year. And then after that I
went back to Salt Lake and I told my family to move with me to Logan, in this apartment
(this house), and I haven’t moved ever since.
BH: Wow. So I wonder if you could describe for me sort of the differences in food? Maybe
some things that you used to eat in Burma, that maybe you can’t find here, or maybe you
can? Maybe just a little bit about the food of your culture.
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So I have no problem eating American food here – it’s better than what I used to eat back
there.
BH: Okay.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Yeah, there are more food here than back in the refugee camp.
BH: So what kind of food was available in the refugee camp?
[33:06]
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: There are many, many foods. One is rice – they gave us oil, and beans, and –
[Speaking to interviewee in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And peppers – chili; yeah, a lot of food – like food that is very sufficient for each family.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: They gave us food like once a month.
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BH: Okay. So what kinds of food do you like to eat now that you’re here, in the United
States?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: He said there are many; there is a lot of food in America (like chicken, fish) – I just, I like
everything.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.] [Laughs]
TLI: There are a lot of food, like – yeah, I just like everything.
BH: Okay. So I wanted to ask how people respond when they find out you’re from Burma? I
know you said in Salt Lake the people were really friendly, and so I just want to see if
that’s still the case, or if people respond differently?
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So when I got to the United States, I mean even when someone asked me where I’m
from, “Burma.”
“Yeah, okay.” There wasn’t any negative thing.
BH: Okay, that’s good. Can you tell me a little about your home here, and how it’s different
from your home in Burma?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So it’s really different here, houses – to describe it, it’s perfect, you know. But in Burma
it’s very different, you have to build your own home; you have to use like bamboo to
build it. And you have to make your own walls, but they’re not tight walls and wind can
go through any time. It was really different from here.
BH: Wow. What would you like people in Logan to know about you, or your family, or your
ethnic group?
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
[37:22]
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TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: He is not very clear on the question.
BH: Let’s see if I can ask it a different way. Is there anything that you would like to share with
the people around here that maybe they don’t know, or you wish they knew?
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So I have a different message, you know: I want people to know – before that, I believe
in God, and I want people to know that one day everybody will have a chance to live in
heaven.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: [Speaking to interviewee in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So I kind of asked him to make sure he understand that question, and –
BH: Um-hmm?
TLI: He said that there isn’t anything that he really wants to share because he feels that other
people, you know, (other American people) I’m sure they have faced many difficulty as
well (getting here) – maybe back in the day or something. So it’s probably the same
story.
BH: Okay. Would you ever be interested in going back to Burma?
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: I’m very happy here. I do feel like going back, but I don’t want to go back because my
parents, my brothers – I don’t know where they are; in Burma, I don’t know where
they’re at and I don’t want to go back.
BH: Okay. What are you most proud of?
TLI: Here, or?
BH: Yeah, I would say what are you most proud of out of all of this: your experiences and
traveling?
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BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: I’m very proud, you know, to live each day being healthy and being happy day after day.
So yeah, that’s what I’m really proud of.
[41:20]
BH: Thank you. And do you have any dreams for the future – either for yourself, or for your
children?
BHI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: For me, my family, my children, my family, my wife – for my family – I don’t have any
dreams for us, but I do believe in God and I pray for us (for me and for my family) you
know, to be healthy, to stay happy. Yeah.
BH: Okay. I think those are all of my questions. But before we end, I just want to see if any of
my colleagues have one as well.
BHI: [Repeating statement in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Yeah, you guys can ask questions.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: If I know the answer, I will answer it; but if I don’t, I don’t.
WV: I’m just kind of curious who plays the guitar in the family – is that yours?
WVI: [Repeating the question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Yeah, I used to – every Sunday when I pray with my family – I used to play the guitar
every Sunday.
WV: Nice.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
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TLI: According to my religion, my Bible, it said that when you’re praying, you know, when
you’re praying and asking for God’s help, you must play a song (you know, play with the
guitar).
BH: Wow.
TLI: And so I’m doing it every Sunday.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: I believe that – I know that we can’t see God, but I know God can help us in a way.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And how do I know this is because I am very healthy every day, and I have been doing
work here for almost seven years and I am very healthy – and I know that God is helping
me.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And at the same time I want to tell people that God is helping us, but if they want to
listen, then I can tell them; if you don’t want to listen, then I don’t have to tell them.
BH: Do you have any questions?
MG: Yeah. What is your favorite thing about Cache Valley? What is your favorite thing to do
here?
MGI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: He doesn’t know what his favorite thing is. Is there an example you can give?
MG: Hiking, camping –
MGI: [Repeating statement in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
[45:37]
TLI: No, I haven’t done that – hiking or camping; I’ve just been driving around the city, going
back to Salt Lake and eating at restaurants sometimes.
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TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.] [Laughs]
TLI: Yeah, I’ve never been hiking.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: But I would like to go one day.
BH: So actually, I thought of a couple more questions – if that’s okay?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Yeah, that’s fine.
TL: [Laughs]
BH: Okay. So you mentioned the guitar, and playing music is an important part of your
religious observance – so I was just wondering if you could kind of describe your
religious community; sort of, things about your religion?
BHI: Community?
BH: Yeah
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: I know that every religion has different beliefs, and there are different ways how you can
pray to God; but my way is I read the Bible every day, and that’s how I understand God’s
word. I remember when I was in the refugee camp, you know, and living there for eight
years, I was going around to different religions, you know, listening to people giving
speeches. One day I met this priest, you know, he taught me many valuable things, and he
even asked me to be an heir priest – is that how you say it? Well, yeah.
BH: Like an apprentice?
TLI: Well to become the next priest.
BH: Okay; to be like the replacement after him?
TLI: Yes, yes. Yeah, he even asked me to become that – or if he has to go somewhere else,
you know, I’d be taking his position to do all the religious things in the church. Yeah.
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TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So there are lots of gods; Americans call him Jesus, but the thing is you need to know
which one is real, you know, which one is the real God.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So whether there are many gods, or just one God – if anybody want to listen, I can tell
them the story.
BH: If you want to share.
BHI: [Repeating statement in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So there is only one God that I believe in, you know; he cannot be sick, or he can heal –
he can get all or any other things. Before anybody (any human being) exists, he lived here
before, and he created the Earth, trees, everything.
[50:20]
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Another type of God is who can die, who heals, and it is called –
[Speaking to interviewee in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And in Burmese it is called [Pwo Karen word]
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And the easier way to say is Pe Synga Piya[??]
BH: Pe Synga –
TLI: Piya. Pe Synga Piya. Yeah.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And he is a God that can die, and you know, and can’t heal people. And he is the God
that the particular God created. Do you understand that?
BH: He would –
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TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So the one person God – he created another person who is also God, but he can die.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: If it’s God Jesus – there is only one Jesus.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And he is everybody – for everybody’s God.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: He can’t die, you know, he can’t get old – he is the only one.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: There is a guarantee, you know, that if anybody believe that there is God, that one
particular person will be in heaven.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So if you believe God, you know, you have to follow his words; you have to read the
Bible, you have to do what the Bible says.
BH: So I have just one more question.
BHI: [Repeating statement in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: That’s fine.
BH: You seem very interested in religion, and so I was wondering if that was a part of your
life before you came to the refugee camp, or if that’s something that you really became
interested in once you got to the refugee camps?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
[53:11]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
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TLI: So I was really, really interested in God in the year 1999, and that was when I got to the
refugee camp called Umpium; and that was when I was really interested in religion.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: So in the refugee camp there are a lot of people who just go around the camp, you know,
telling stories, sharing God’s word, you know.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And I would go all over the place to listen to their speeches, you know; it can be night, or
it can be day.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Why I wanted to know that is because I believe God is good, and you know –
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And you know, like I say, I started listening to those speeches every day, and that’s
where I learned knowledge, you know, about religion.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And I understood a lot of words that – well, the speakers’ word.
TL: [Laughs]
BH: Very neat. So there were not very many people in Burma who spoke of these different
religions? I guess I’m just wondering why it was so prevalent in the refugee camp – was
it the same way in Burma?
BHI: [Repeating question in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: No; I didn’t see any in Burma.
BH: Wow.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Yeah, I started seeing it in the refugee camp.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
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TLI: So when I was in Burma, I heard of such religions, but I had never seen it.
BH: Okay.
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: When I first got to the refugee camp, you know, I was asked, “Do you know God? Do
you know the real one, you know, the one that can heal, the one that can’t get old?” So
I’m like, “Well God is good, so yes – I want to know.”
TL: [Speaking in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: And now that I know a lot about God, you know, I do want to share it with people, to
those who want to listen; but if you don’t want to listen, that’s okay.
BH: So I think we are almost out of time, unfortunately – because we only have so much time
that we can record on here. But it has been fascinating to listen to you.
BHI: [Repeating statement in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.] [Laughs]
TLI: Thank you.
BH: Thank you very much.
BHI: [Repeating in Pwo Karen.]
TL: [Responding in Pwo Karen.]
TLI: Thank you.
BH: So I think that’s the end of the interview.
BHI: [Repeating statement in Pwo Karen.]
[End recording – 57:20]
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CACHE VALLEY REFUGEE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
TRANSCRIPTION COVER SHEET
Interviewee: Pyo Nwe
Present: Pyo Nwe, Bethany Hanks, Chit Moe, Wes Van de Water, Meagan
Gill
Place of Interview: Pyo Nwe’s home in Logan, Utah
Date of Interview: May 18, 2015
Language(s): Karen; English
Translation:
Interviewer: Bethany Hanks
Interpreter: Chit Moe
Recordist: Wes Van de Water
Photographer: Meagan Gill
Recording Equipment: Tascam DR-100mk11 linear PCM recorder; Senal ENG-
18RL broadcast-quality omnidirectional dynamic
microphone
Transcription Equipment: Express Scribe
Transcribed by: Bethany Hanks, May 24, 2015
Transcript Proofed by: Bethany Hanks, May 25, 2015
Brief Description of Contents: Pyo Nwe describes her life in a Karen refugee camp
before she came to the United States. She explains what brought her to the Karen refugee
camp and what it was like living there, getting married there, and having children there.
She also describes the changes and difficulties that she and her family faced (and still
face) when they left the refugee camp and came to the United States.
Reference: BH = Bethany Hanks
BHI = Bethany Hanks interpreted by translator
PN = Pyo Nwe
PNI = Pyo Nwe interpreted by translator
WV = Wes Van de Water
WVI = Wes Van de Water interpreted by translator
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NOTE: Interjections during pauses or transitions in dialogue such as “uh” and false
starts and stops in conversations are not included in transcribed. All additions to
transcript are noted with brackets.
TAPE TRANSCRIPTION
[00:01]
BH: Okay, today is May 18, 2015. And this is Bethany Hanks with Wes Van de Water
on audio and Meagan Gill taking photographs. We’re all students at Utah State
University and are working on a project called “Voices: Refugees in Cache
Valley.” Right now we’re visiting Pyo Nwe at her home in Logan, Utah. And her
little son is with us, who is 8 months old, and Chit Moe is translating.
So, first we want to thank you Pyo Nwe for letting us come and speak with you.
So first, um, can I have you say your full name and birth year?
PN: Pyo Nwe Nwe
BH: Pyo Nwe Nwe?
PN: January 1st, 1978.
BH: Thank you.
PNI: Date of birth, January 1st, 1978.
BH: Okay, thank you. And what languages do you speak?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [laughs]
[responding in Karen]
PNI: I speak Karen and Burmese.
BH: Thank you. Can you tell me a little about your family?
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BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: In Utah, or?
BH: Um, if you can talk about maybe your family here in Utah and also if you have
family over in Karen too?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
[2:07]
[Baby breathing loudly]
PNI: Um, my family, we all lived in refugee camps and then we all moved to Utah,
which is, we were in Salt Lake and we came in March 3rd, 2008.
[2:25]
[Baby makes noises]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: We lived there for one year in Salt Lake City, and we moved here in 2009, and
we’ve been here ever since.
BH: He likes the microphone, doesn’t he?
[laughs]
So the refugee camp where you were at – where was that exactly?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: It is called Mela Camp.
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BH: Mela Camp? And do you have any idea where the location of that is in Thailand?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: We didn’t know. It is close to the border, and I know that it’s in Thailand, but I
don’t know whether it’s the south or which states or province it’s in. We just
know that it’s a refugee camp.
BH: Okay, and did you say how long you were there for?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: 1997 to 2008.
PNI: From 1997 to 2008.
BH: Wow, so then did you grow up quite a lot in this refugee camp?
BHI: Like, did she grow up in refugee camp?
BH: Yeah, like there as a young child and maybe as a teenager.
PN: Yeah, teenager.
BH: Yeah?
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Yes, I was sixteen years old back then.
BH: Okay. What was it like for you, being there as a young person in the refugee
camp?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
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PNI: Well, at first I lived in Burma. I was poor – my family was poor, and from what I
heard, refugee is a better place than Burma. At refugee camp they have school,
and their schooling is free. So I decided to go to refugee camp for education
purposes.
BH: Okay, so what kinds of education did they offer in the refugee camp?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Well, the education in the refugee camp was – it’s not so great like in America,
but it’s better than Burma though.
[5:59]
[Baby breathes loudly]
BH: Okay, what kinds of things did you learn in the refugee camp?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: I don’t know if I learned much in the refugee camp because at first, coming to a
refugee camp was to study—
[Baby makes noises]
—but then, things changes, you know. Different circumstances occurred, and it
just changes.
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: And I didn’t get to learn.
PN: [responding in Karen]
[Baby makes noises]
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PNI: However, I did help out the school and the teachers with a few things; just helping
out for a few years.
BH: Okay. Did you have any brothers or sisters with you, or your parents?
PN: Yeah, [responding in Karen]
PNI: I have three brothers, I mean –
PN: Three sisters.
PNI: – three sisters. One is in Thailand and the other is in Burma, in Karen State.
BH: Okay, we’ll get him some toys huh; let him play.
[laughs]
So are your siblings, are they still, you said in Thailand and Burma? Are they still
over there? Yeah? So, they weren’t in the refugee camp with you? Or –
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
[8:47]
PNI: No, they didn’t live with me in the refugee camp, but my older sister (the one
that’s in Thailand) she has a daughter who has a disease, and in order to cure the
disease, there isn’t a hospital in the refugee camp. There is, but it’s not very big.
So, they had to go to Thailand to work over there and to get her daughter the cure.
BH: Do you remember much about your life before being in the refugee camp?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Yeah, a lot.
BH: Yeah? What kinds of things do you remember?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
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PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Well, I remember lots of things, but which one are you wanting to know more
about?
BH: Yeah, let’s see, I guess things about your family – maybe your daily, kind of what
life would have been like for you on just a regular day? Or maybe like the sort of
the political situation, if it was dangerous at all.
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: [speaking in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
[11:53]
PNI: Well, I do remember like from 1989 or 1990, well – not before 1990. I think I was
about 9 or 10 years old back then. We had, like I said, three sisters, and I lived
with my parents. Well, my biggest goal was to go to school you know, to have a
better school for me. Back then it was really difficult because the Burmese
military were coming and forcing people to become porters, and my dad was one
of them. After he has gone to do the porter thing, and then he lost his leg, like
during the war, and he couldn’t work any more after that. It was a really
challenging for my family. After a few months or a few days (I can’t remember)
my older sister, she kind of left us and she went to Thailand.
BH: Wow, thank you. So was education, then, I know you said – you mentioned
education earlier, and you wanted to get a better education. Were there other
reasons for relocating to the refugee camp?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Yes, I wanted to go to school like really bad back then. In my village, my family
was the poorest out of everybody, and then in order to go to school there we had
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to have like a good umbrella, good shoes, good clothes – and my parents, they
couldn’t afford to buy any of that. And I kind of felt embarrassed, I mean, to go to
school there, so I though it’d be better to go to school in a refugee camp where
everything is free, you know. But then when I got to the refugee camp, I got
married – so I didn’t really get to go to school.
BH: So you met your husband, then, in the refugee camp? What was that like? Was
that a good place, I guess, to meet lots of people?
PN: [responding in Karen]
[15:33]
PNI: I think it’s a good place to meet with lots of people, but back then I was kind of
young. I was still young, and I had lots of thoughts: there isn’t anyone to support
me; my family isn’t here either.
[Baby makes spitting noise]
I guess that’s how I though about getting married you know – to find my
companion who, we can maybe support each other now. It’s just the thought that
came by.
BH: Very neat. So, your husband in here with you now? Did you all come over, did
you leave the refugee camp together? Yeah?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: Yes.
BH: How difficult was it to, I guess, go through the process of coming to another
country? Was that difficult or was it fairly easy?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Well, in Burma, it’s difficult there.
[Baby rattles toy and breathes loudly for a few seconds]
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In Thailand it’s the same thing. And here it’s still difficult.
BH: Yeah?
PNI: I don’t think that’s answering your question. Everywhere is difficult.
BH: Uh-huh. So, I guess, another way to ask would be is it difficult to gain entry as a
refugee into the United States?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
[phone buzzes]
PN: [responding in Karen]
[Baby coughs]
PN: Sorry.
BH: Oh, that’s okay.
[17:58]
[Pyo Nwe moves play set nearby]
Children like to be active, I know. I have nieces and nephews, and they’re, yeah.
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: I think it’s a fairly easy process to get to United States, you know, compared to
people who came here with visa or other things. Because we were refugees, then
it was easier.
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: To get here, we received lots of help, you know. People helped us step by step to
get here.
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BH: Okay, thank you. So in the refugee camps, did they celebrate any holidays or have
any special religious days?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Yeah, there are.
BH: Yeah, like, can you give us an example of one of those special holidays and
maybe how it was celebrated?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
[19:49]
PNI: The biggest thing would be, we have Karen New Year, and we have Burmese
New Year. For Karen New Year, in the beginning we had like a – I would say like
camp leaders, lots of leaders, you know. They will go up on the stage and just
give speeches.
BH: Wow.
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Yeah, Karen has it’s own culture, and Burmese has its own culture.
BH: So, what’s the main difference, I guess, between Karen New Year and Burmese
New Year?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Because I’m not as – I guess, I don’t have a good experience, like such leaders,
but what I can tell is that for Burmese New Year, they celebrate it on April. For
Karen, they do it on December.
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BH: Okay, so it’s mainly the time then.
[Baby coughs]
Wow. Thank you.
[baby makes noises]
So, when you were in the refugee camp, did you get any idea of what the people
in Thailand thought of the refugees in the camps?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
[Baby coughs]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Well, I don’t know about other people, but for me, you know, I was really scared
of the Thai military. Thai, yeah. Because back then if we had, say we have a
meeting, say don’t go out of the camp today, then I will never go out of the camp
because if the Thai military captures you, they will send you somewhere else.
Another example is my husband who worked outside the camp –
[Baby coughs]
He was chased by Thai military lots of times, but fortunately he escaped every
single time he was chased.
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: What makes me more scared is that when I went back to Thailand one day, I saw
the Burmese military. They were taking people, you know. They were taking
people to – I don’t know where they were taking them, but they were capturing
people, so it makes me more scared.
BH: Wow.
PN: [responding in Karen]
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PNI: Yeah, for me, it was really scary, but I don’t know about other people.
BH: So, is that something that happens a lot – that maybe refugees leave the camp,
they sneak out or something, and then they’re captured by Thai military and taken
somewhere else?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
[24:44]
PNI: Yeah, I think it –
[Baby bonks head]
Ooh.
BH: Oh no, is he okay?
[Baby cries]
PN: Oh.
BH: Is he okay?
[Baby cries]
Head bonk.
[baby cries]
PN: Sorry.
BH: Oh, that’s okay.
PNI: He wants to sleep now. He’s feeling sleepy. Well, I don’t know about now, but
back fourteen years ago, I would say it happened a lot because I have seen it
myself. I lived close to the Thai military gate, I guess, their area, I kind of lived
close to where they lived, and what I saw was there was this –
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[phone makes noise]
– there was this woman, I would say
[phone makes noise]
PN: [laughs]
PNI: Sorry.
BH: That’s okay
PNI: Okay, what happened was this Thai military guy – he went out, he found a
woman, he took her to the camp, not to the camp but to their place, and I lived
really close to it. And they were doing some horrible things to her, I think. I heard
the noise and everything, but I couldn’t help. I was so scared. So, I think it
happened a lot.
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Well, at the same time, not all the Thai military are bad. Some are really good
people as well. I remember when I was pregnant, I saw Thai military who was
actually helping me with stuff, you know. He bought me food, so that was really
nice.
BH: Did you had some children while you were in the refugee camp.
PN: Four.
[laughs]
BH: Four?
PNI: She has four.
BH: So, four. So, this one with you, he is number four?
PN: Five.
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BH: Number five, okay. Was that difficult? Either medically—I mean, did they have,
um, places where you know, there was a doctor around to help you give birth?
And then you know, raising the children in the refugee camp?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Yeah, there were hospitals in the refugee camps. If I were pregnant – if I were
close to giving birth, I could go to hospital and give birth there. But what’s sad is
that, like, my sister or people who lived in Burma, they, there was no way they
could afford to go to the hospital in Burma, so it was kind of sad.
BH: Yeah.
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: I think, personally for me, I had a better life than my sisters had.
[28:30]
BH: How different is it now, raising a child here in America compared with in the
refugee camp?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Well, before –
[Baby touches microphone]
– in the refugee camp, yeah, it was different raising a child compared to here and
in the refugee camp. Back there, I had four kids, my husband would go out and
work, and if he finds a job then he will bring us some money so we can buy good
food, good meal. But here, it’s like, he has a job, and it’s better than the refugee
camp, but here we have a different situation I guess. I’ve been here for seven
years, and I wanted to go to school, but because of a bad situation I just can’t go
to school here.
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BH: Is there anything that would help you be able to go to school here in the United
States?
PN: [responding in Karen]
[baby cries]
PNI: [speaking in Karen]
PN: [responds in Karen]
PNI: Well, before I was pregnant here in United States, I had a teacher, you know. She
would come and visit me and teach me English. So that was really nice, but she
moved to Colorado long ago. But now, I don’t expect to go to high school or
middle school. It’s not something I can handle; I know that very well. But I would
like a teacher who could come and teach me, because now that my children are
growing up, I have time to study; learn more English.
PN: [speaking in Karen]
[laughs]
BH: He’s cute. So I wanted to ask, although it sounds like you may have answered my
question already, but given the chance to go to school, what would you study?
Although it sounds like English is something that you would really like to learn,
but is there anything else?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
[33:06]
PNI: Well no. English is the main thing that I want to learn. However, I do want to
learn a lot of English so I can communicate on a daily basis. Let’s say if someone
were to ask me a question, so that I know the answer to that question, or I
understand that question so I can answer it.
BH: Mm-hmm. Yeah, so do you think learning English would make living in America
easier for you?
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BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Well, yeah, I think if I could understand a lot, but not a hundred percent, then I
guess it would help a lot, you know. Though it’s not a hundred percent, it would
help a lot.
BH: Yeah.
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: And at the same time, my brain is not as good as American people, so it’s not like
I can really learn English. It’s not like I can learn English like a hundred percent,
does that make sense?
[Baby cries]
BH: I think if I understand what she’s meaning, you can translate it back and make
sure I’ve got this right, but, it’s difficult once you’re an adult and you’ve already
learned—
PNI: Mmm, yeah.
BH: one language—
PN: Yeah.
BH: it’s harder to learn another.
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Yeah.
BH: Because I think the situation would be – if we were to go to Karen, I think we
would be in a similar situation.
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PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Yeah, when I had a teacher, you know the one that moved to Colorado, back then,
I think I understood English, a lot, I guess. I understood English more than what I
understand now. Right now, I think I forgot lots of it, yeah.
PN: [laughs]
BH: Yeah. So, your first few months after leaving the refugee camp, you came to
America. What was that like for you and your family?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Yeah, I think it was kind of a little bit challenging. When me and my family first
came to America, there weren’t a lot of Karen people, and we really didn’t know
a lot about America I guess. Well, at first, people were giving us those apple juice
– we thought it was oil, so we didn’t want to touch it. And then when they gave us
lotion, we didn’t know what it is, so we use it for our face because it smells nice,
right? If we wanted to say something, there weren’t any interpreters back then.
And if we wanted to go buy groceries, we didn’t even know where to go.
BH: Wow. So, what did you end up doing when you needed to buy groceries? Did you
end up – was there someone around who was also from Karen who helped?
PN: [responding in Karen]
[37:36]
PNI: Yeah, it wasn’t Karen people that helped my family. There weren’t many Karen
people like I said. It was people from the church. They pretty much helped us
with everything, I guess. Taking us to the hospital, you know, taking us to go
shopping, buying us stuff – yeah, from the church.
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Oh, yeah, what I remember is that my oldest daughter – she had like a tooth pain
back here, the upper one, back here. We went to hospital, you know, and the
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doctor looked at it, but the doctor took one tooth out, but it was the one at the
bottom.
BH: Oh no.
PNI: But that one had cavities so it was okay, but the one that hurts was the one on top.
BH: So, it was on the top left?
PNI: Yeah, top.
BH: And he took out the bottom left.
PNI: The bottom left.
BH: Okay.
PN: [laughs]
[speaking in Karen]
PNI: I had to take my daughter to the hospital again to take the other one out, the upper
left one.
BH: How did you communicate that with the dentist, or the man who was working on
her mouth?
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: We were just using, I guess, sign language – kind of this, that. But we had people
from the church, like one person who took us to the dentist, but back then there
was no interpreters, so we can’t tell him what was going on. We just tried to show
him this and that.
BH: Yeah, with your hands?
PNI: Yeah, all without sound.
PN: [responding in Karen]
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PNI: I didn’t know it either, that she had a tooth that was hurt, but my daughter just
told me that it hurts. But thought the doctor already took, it was the one on the
bottom already, but it still hurts.
BH: So, this church that you mention that helped you? Is this the church that you, or
the religion that you take part of?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
[40:37]
PNI: It’s not my religion, that church, but they have a lot of people, you know. It
doesn’t matter whether you’re that – whether you come from that religion or not.
And they help a lot of Burmese and Karen refugees.
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Yeah, everybody who’s a refugee doesn’t know anything. So they help with
everybody I guess.
[Phone starts ringing]
BH: Is that you’re phone—no?
PN: [speaking in Karen]
PNI: It’s a broken phone.
BH: Oh.
[laughs]
PN: [speaking in Karen]
BH: Oh, okay.
PNI: It plays it every morning.
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BH: Okay.
[laughs]
BH: So, do you remember what the name of that church was?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: No, but it’s in Salt Lake. It’s the LDS church.
BH: Okay.
[Baby makes noises]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: It’s around 300 East.
BH: Okay, in Salt Lake City?
PNI: Yeah, in Salt Lake City.
BH: Okay.
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: I think until today, they’re still helping people who are other refugees.
BH: Okay. Let me see.
[baby makes noises]
BH: So, you mentioned that here in Logan, your husband has a job? What work does
he do?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
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PNI: He works at JBS. He cuts meat. That’s what he does – JBS, yeah.
BH: Okay. And I think—so you mentioned in the refugee camps, your husband would
have to leave the camp to work? Was there like a specific job that he had? Or was
he leaving the camp to find a job?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Yeah, he had to look for work, you know, in the refugee camp – outside of
refugee camp, I mean.
BH: Wow.
PN: [responding in Karen]
[Baby shakes toy]
[43:38]
PNI: Yeah, it just really depends on the day. So, one day you find a job, then you get
paid. One day, if you can’t find a job, then you don’t get paid.
BH: So what kinds of jobs could be found in that way? What sorts of work could he
find?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Well, if it’s around May, then he would work as a, like in a cornfield, where he
has some kind of corn.
BH: Kind of seasonal—
PN: Yes
PNI: Yes, depends on –
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BH: Whatever was available? Those kinds of things.
PNI: Yeah.
BH: Okay. Let’s see. Is there anything that you wish that the people of Logan knew
about you or your family? Or kind of your culture in general?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Well, I guess I don’t know, you know because, my family we’re from refugees,
you know, and we didn’t know about America a lot. And today we still don’t
know a lot about Americans I guess. We just kind of need help, you know. That’s
basically what she just said.
BH: Okay, so it’d be good if we could all find a way maybe to learn more about each
other, yeah?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Yeah, sometimes, I don’t know, if we’re in trouble or something – we just don’t
know what to do. We just kind of need a guide, I guess.
PN: [responding in Karen]
[47:17]
PNI: Yeah, we’re just kind of a little scared and don’t understand a lot here, so it would
be nice just to get help.
BH: Okay, I think I have – I have one more question. Do you think you will ever go
back to Burma, to Karen State?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
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PNI: Yeah, I guess I would want to go back and visit Burma, but I’m not a hundred
percent sure if I want to go back and live there permanently, you know. Yeah, I
just don’t have any plans yet for that.
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: At the same time, I’m not a hundred percent sure if I want to live in the United
States forever either. So yeah, I’m just not planning yet.
BH: Mm-hmm.
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: And the other reason for me to be staying here is for my children. They have a
better education here.
BH: I guess just one question going off of that – do you think you would ever want
your son here, who was born in America, do you think you would want him to see
the land where you came from and know that people and that language?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: Yeah, like I said, I grew up as a refugee, and I wanted to go back to school but I
couldn’t. But now I’m here in United States. I want to give my children the
opportunity to go to school here, graduate, you know – have a better education
here. After then, I would like them to go back to Burma and help out other people
you know, to tell them what they learned; to give back to the people in Burma.
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: For me, I want to help my people you know, but I can’t. I know I can’t. But for
my children, yeah, sure they can one day.
BH: Well thank you. I think that’s all of my questions, but I want to see if either Wes
or Meagan – if they have any questions they’d like to ask, if that’s okay?
PN: Okay, I have a lot of time.
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BH: See, your English is good!
[51:19]
WV: I guess I was kind of curious, if you’re not LDS – and I notice you have a picture
of the Logan temple up on the wall – what is your religious background if you’re
not LDS?
WVI: [repeating question in Karen]
PN: [responding in Karen]
PNI: [speaking in Karen]
PN: [speaking in Karen]
PNI: Well, back to the refugee camp, I was Buddhist. My whole family was Buddhist.
But here, me, my husband and –
[speaks in Karen]
– and my oldest daughter, us three – we converted to LDS.
WV: Okay
BH: Okay
PNI: We already have, yeah.
PN: [speaking in Karen]
PNI: So I guess there are like four more left in my family, still isn’t LDS.
PN: [speaks in Karen]
PNI: Well, what I want to say is that it all depends on my daughters I guess. It doesn’t
matter what religions they choose. It’s all up to them. We don’t have any
objection to anything.
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PN: [speaks in Karen]
PNI: For me, I chose it myself, to become LDS. It was my decision.
BH: Okay, any other questions? No? Well thank you. So I think that’s the end of our
interview. It is, it’s 11:58 AM, I don’t know if I mentioned, the starting time was
about 11:04 or 11:05. So thank you, Pyo Nwe, and your little son. So, thanks to
both of you.
PN: [laughs, responds in Karen]
[53:28]
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Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
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Karen, Burma, Thailand
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Aye Win
Van de Water, Wes; 1988
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Aye Win describes her life in Karen State, Burma. Along with her time in a refugee camp in Thailand, how she came to the U.S., her family, and life in Cache Valley, Utah.
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Karen State, Burma, Refugee camp, Immigration, Family, Languages, School, Citizenship test.
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Aye Win interview, May 19, 2015
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An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
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Karen, Burma, Thailand
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Aye Win
Van de Water, Wes; 1988
Chit Moe
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2015-05-19
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Aye Win describes her life in Karen State, Burma. Along with her time in a refugee camp in Thailand, how she came to the U.S., her family, and life in Cache Valley, Utah.
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CACHE VALLEY REFUGEE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
TRANSCRIPTION COVER SHEET
Interviewee: Aye Win
Present: Aye Win, Meagan Gill, Chit Moe, Wes Van de Water, Bethany
Hanks
Place of Interview: Aye Win’s home in Logan, Utah
Date of Interview: May 19, 2015
Language(s): Karen; English
Translation:
Interviewer: Meagan Gill
Interpreter: Chit Moe
Recordist: Bethany Hanks
Photographer: Wes Van de Water
Recording Equipment: Tascam DR-100mk11 linear PCM recorder; Senal ENG-
18RL broadcast-quality omnidirectional dynamic
microphone
Transcription Equipment:
Transcribed by: Meagan Gill, May 25, 2015
Transcript Proofed by: Meagan, May 26, 2015
Brief Description of Contents: Aye Win describes her life in a refugee camp and in
Burma before she came to the United States. She explains what brought her to the
Thailand refugee camp and the difference between her homeland and her home here in
the United States. Aye Win also talks about her family, English classes, holidays in the
camp and out of the camp, and keeping in contact with her friends from the refugee
camp.
Reference: MG = Meagan Gill
MGI = Meagan Gill interpreted by translator
AW = Aye Win
AWI = Aye Win interpreted by translator
WV = Wes Van de Water
WVI = Wes Van de Water interpreted by translator
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BH = Bethany Hanks
BHI = Bethany Hanks interpreted by translator
NOTE: Interjections during pauses or transitions in dialogue such as “uh” and false
starts and stops in conversations are not included in transcribed. All additions to
transcript are noted with brackets.
TAPE TRANSCRIPTION
[00:01]
MG: Today is May 19, 2015. Its 1:07. My name is Meagan I am here with Bethany
Hanks, doing uh…audio (laughing), and Wes Van de Water, he’s taking pictures
today. We are students from Utah State University working on an oral history
project, refugees for Cache Valley. And today I am interviewing Aye Win.
Thanks for letting us interview you today. Can I have you state your full name
and birth year for me please?
AW: My name is Aye Win. Uh, my birthday May 1, 1974.
MG: K. Thanks. And what languages do you speak?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: I speak Karen & Burmese.
MG: K. Tell me about your family?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Can you rephrase that. A she’s not getting that question.
MG: Um…Tell me about your parents & spouse & children & where they are at?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[laughing]
AWI: Okay. Well, she’s still not understanding your question I guess. Well, she told me
that um... our family, my family came here for education purposes.
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[laughing]
[2:30]
MG: Okay.
AWI So you might want to ask in a different way I guess.
MG: Okay, sure. Start with how many children do you have?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Four, four.
MG: Okay. And do you have any other family with you here?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: No
MG: Okay. Can you describe the ethnic or religious community that you belong to if
any?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: My religious is Buddhist and that’s it.
MG: Okay. Can you tell me about your birth country?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: From Burma. I was born in Burma.
MG: How long did you live there?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[3:44]
AWI: About fifteen years.
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MG: K. And why did you leave?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: When or why?
MG: Why?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[4:19]
AWI: Well, uh when I was little you know um, I just kinda follow my parents I guess.
And there were Burmese military everywhere you know. They come to our
village they were attacking us and me I just follow my parents. We had to sleep in
a forest for three or five days. And then when we come back I’m just going back
with them so that’s why I think I…that’s why I left Burma.
MG: Okay. And after the forest where did you go?
AWI: Going back home.
MG: Back home to?
AWI: To village. Okay.
MG: To village.
[4:55]
AWI: So the…the Burmese military come attack everybody in the village so to escape
that we went to the forest. We slept there for a few days then when…you know
things quiet down we come back to our village again.
MG: Okay. And what was your experience like in a refugee camp?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
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[5:49]
AWI: [clears throat] Well, my experience in refugees, um. Well, my experience in
refugee camp I got married and um...I had one children in refugee camp and back
then I wanted to go back home to visit Burma. But I was so scared that I’d…I’d
never get a chance to go back.
[laughing]
MG: Okay. Can you tell me about the food and medical care you received in the camp?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[7:03]
AWI: Um. Well, yes we…we do receive food and medical care in the refugee camp, but
for a pregnant women when I was pregnant back then. Um, we had like people
what organization who are called AMI, IRC, they like come every week and give
us…give the pregnant woman um…some like five eggs um…one bottle of oil and
then one bag of beans. So, you know just to keep the pregnant ladies healthy. So,
yeah if you…you were about to give birth and they’d take you to like…they’d
keep you at a hospital so like…they’d admit you to the hospital so that you can
stay and give birth. So, yeah.
[camera clicking]
MG: Did you work or go to school in the camp at all?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[8:17]
AWI: Yeah, well when I was small I did go to school uh…I went to school for four days
and that’s it. And after I got married I just never got a chance to go to school
again because I had to take care of my kids you know. And I ran eh uh…a little
shop in a refugee camp and I kinda sell stuff. Groceries.
MG: K. What were the day to day living conditions like in the camp like?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
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AWI: Well, um…for…for guys, you know [clear throat] uh…for day to day they’d go
outside of camp and go and uh…plant corn, pick chilies, but for a woman
they’d…they’d stay home and take care of kids. And if they’d have more time
they’d also go outside of the camp and do the same thing as the guys.
MG: Okay. And did you celebrate any holy days, holidays in the camp?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Yes. Like Karen New Year we have Karen New Year and Christmas day and
those kinds of holidays.
[10:09]
MG: Okay. Did you use any special like decorations or were you able to get any kind
of presents for the holidays?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Yes, for Christmas we…we do. I did receive gifts like from a friend and then I
kinda have to give it back. Like you know from friend to friend thing. So, yes.
MG: K. What was the political climate like in the camp?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[laughing]
AWI: Um I…I don’t know.
[laughing]
MG: K. Did you feel safe in the camp?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Yeah, um I mean I do like living in a refugee camp, but it just uh…sometimes like
we you know just kinda have to live with fears I guess. Cuz you had to be afraid
of the Burmese soldiers. You know they’ll kind of…will come your burn…will
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come and burn the…the refugee camp cuz they do that all the time. Or sometimes
we had be afraid of Burmese military and the Karen military they were fighting
each other and we were…I was afraid I might get hit. So yeah.
[camera clicking]
MG: How did you learn about the U.S refugee program?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[13:26]
AWI: Okay, well so. Well, so…so you know I didn’t learn huh…well I so…the thing is
so…when I was let’s say teenagers age. Around teenagers age um…um…the
Burmese military were coming and forcing people to you know forcing people to
become a potter. And they were looking for especially like…like…eighteen to
seventeen years old man or woman. Both man and woman. So, you know I…me
and my friend we were just really scared. We were like uh…it’s not safe to live in
here anymore. Let’s just go to Thailand. Let’s just cross the border. So, yeah we
decided…we went to Thailand and we stay in a city. In the city uh…it’s more like
a town. It’s called The-wa-fa. We stay in that city. We stay there for a few months
picking corn, chilies.
[translator interrupts]
AWI: You guys want to write that [laughing]? T. h.e…the wa dablu o wa. How do you
spell? Wa. [laughing] Thaw.
AWI continued: Yeah, we stay there for a…just a few months doing daily things.
Picking chilies, planting corn. And it was nice. But then after…after um…I can’t
remember the date, but the Burmese military and the Karen military were in they
were in conflict…conflicts. And they were fighting each other and then that…that
war went straight for three days and three nights. So, me and my friend were
really scared you know because of what was going on around us. So…and a lot of
people died that…in those three days and so...and everybody was running you
know just running for their lives. So…so…what can I do I just kind of follow
everybody where they’re going and…and me I ended up in a refugee camp and
so…I guess that’s how I learned about refugee camp.
MG: Okay. And how did you apply and who helped you get to the U.S?
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MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[cut in audio]
[16:55]
AWI: Well, yeah there isn’t anybody to help, but it’s not hard. It’s not a difficult process
to…to come to the United States. You know, you just have to fill out an
application and they’ll call your names you know. Hey, so you’re um…set to go
to United States. That’s what they’ll tell you, but the thing is um…I…I did not
know that you know I have to pay rent, utility bills, insurance bills. Everything
you know. But in…in compared to refugees’ camp or Burma you don’t pay
anything. You have a house you stay, you do what you want. Nothing is…you
don’t have to pay anything basically, but here its different you know. In order you
know in order to let you…you had to pay rent and things and stuff. So, yeah.
MG: K. Tell me about coming to the United States? When did you first arrive here?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Um… I…I got here on June 9, 2008.
MG: And where did you first come…come to?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AW: Salt Lake City
AWI: In Salt Lake.
MG: Okay. What were the first months like?
[18:24]
AWI: Well, we didn’t like it you know. We don’t speak the language. We don’t know
what to do or where to go. Or we don’t like…like clueless. So, no we didn’t like
the first month.
MG: Okay. Did you receive any help from the U.S. or religious organizations when
you got here?
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MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[19:18]
AWI: Yes. Um…so when I first arrive in the United States I…I did went…went to…to
the church for a few months I guess. And like during Christmas they will come
buy my child like a shoes, like boots and stuff. So yes we…I did received help
from the religious church.
[19:34]
MG: Okay. Did you get help from any other organizations?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Yes. There is another organization called IRC and that’s where we came like, we
had to go through their office…not office, but we had to go through like,
applications and stuff. And they were the ones that bring us here you know. And
they had to take care of us for three months. There yeah, there was like their
promise or something. So we receive plates and blankets, and kind of a lot of stuff
from them. Yeah.
MG: Okay. [clear throat] How long have you lived in Cache Valley?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: About six and a half years.
MG: K. And what do you do here?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[20:54]
AWI: Um…[clear throat] Well, before um…I used to work at elementary school. I
kinda, but I already quit that job, but now because I have a little child to take care
of. I can just stay home. Yeah.
MG: Okay. What’s it like for you and your family here?
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MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: I guess we um…Well, we are surviving here day to day and that is good. We get
pay you know my dad. My husband. [laughing] He works at JBS and um…then
we get pay every two weeks. We use those money to pay rent to pay utility bills.
It’s all gone. We get it again. It just kinda go in circles. Yeah.
[22:02]
MG: Okay. Do you feel included in the Logan community?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[22:22]
AWI: Um…not really. Because you know I don’t speak English. So, yeah. [laughing]
MG: Alright. What would make you feel more included in the community?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: [laughing] Uh, I don’t know.
[22:51]
MG: Okay. Tell me about your home her. How’s it different from your home in your
birth country?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[23:32]
AWI: Um, so it’s really different. Um, here um…I mean back in Burma you know
where my birth country is. You kinda live. The only thing you…you have to fear
is that the Burmese military. Other than that you don’t actually have any worries.
You don’t have to worry about rent, bills, or food. You can kinda go out work.
You get pay. You can either by like I know small stuff…just kinda go day to day
without a lot of worries. But here you kinda have to kinda think of everything.
Think of: Oh, I need to have this much to pay for my rent. So…here you just kind
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of think…think of financial situation here you know. You can’t you…just have to
keep in mind that it’s different from your home here. So, I guess that’s the
difference.
[24:40]
MG: Okay. Can you tell me your experiences with your landlord?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[25:06]
AWI: Well, this well…the current manager well…call him manager because she’s the
manager of the land. She’s really nice you know. Let’s say something wrong with
our house we…I can…I can go there and be like: Hey something is wrong. But
although I don’t speak English she will come and look at it herself and that’s
really nice, but the previous manager kinda not that nice. So good experience.
MG: Okay. What would you like people in Logan to know about you, your family, or
your ethnic group:
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: [laughing] I don’t know. [laughing]
MG: Mmm…let’s see. Would you like to go back to your country?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Yes, um… my dad is…my dad is still in Burma. And I want to go back. I just
don’t have the money to go back yet. So, yeah. One day.
MG: Would you ever go back to live?
[26:52]
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
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AWI: Well, it’s something that I have thought of…going back and staying there
permanently. But I’m not sure yet because my children are still going to school
and you know I still have to be here and support them. So, but yeah. Not sure.
MG: What are you most proud of?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[27:57]
AWI: Well, uh my children they have a...you know better life here than I did back then.
So, I’m really happy for that and now Chit Moe, that’s me [laughing], uh…going
to college is really good thing I guess you know. I’m happy to see my child get to
go to college and that’s just had never happened in my family.
MG: Nice. What are your dreams for the future?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[28:57]
AWI: For my future dream I would say for every for my four childrens I really want
them to have education. I really want them to have knowledge you know. Even if
me and my husband die I’m sure they would still be able to live and support
themselves with what they learned you know. So, yeah. [laughing]
MG: Okay. Would you ever like to go to school again?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Yes. I am planning on taking English classes at ELC soon because I failed citizen
test two times already. So, I feel the need of taking it…taking the English class
again.
MG: Okay.
AWI: Okay.
[29:54]
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MG: Do you have any favorite activities to do here in Logan?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[30:44]
AWI: I’m not sure. [laughing] I don’t know. I guess, I mean there are a lot of things to
do in Logan, but...Yeah, so.
MG: Okay. Well, is there anything that I haven’t asked you that you’d like to tell us?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Well, no. Not really, but I’m just thankful for you guys being here and doing
interview. So. [laughing]
MG: That’s all of my questions. Do you mind if my colleagues…if they have any
questions they can ask you?
MGI: [repeating question in Karen]
[signaled in the positive]
BH: Um…I have some questions. So, I was wondering about these um…the lights up
here. Are they just decoration…you just like having them up?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Yeah, just for decorations and we keep that for Christmas. [laughing]
BH: I bet they look nice. Um…
AWI: No go ahead.
BH: That actually reminds me of a question I had. So you…you mentioned that you’re
Buddhist and in the camps though, you celebrate Christmas. Is that a holiday that
um…Buddhist’s normally celebrate? I just wonder.
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
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[32:54]
AWI: Yes, uh…like I say I was a Buddhist back in refugee camp, but I have friends who
are not Buddhist you know. They celebrate Christmas and I don’t want to be
stranger or anything. So, just kind of you know were friends. So, yeah Christmas.
So, that’s how that happened.
BH: Okay. And you still celebrate Christmas?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Yes, and it’s still for the same reasons. Have friends heres and sometimes they
come and celebrate. Um… likes with Karen um…I don’t know. Well, she hasn’t
talked this, but it’s from my…no…never mind…no.
[signaled to go ahead]
Um…so Karen I think every Christmas like, especially with their Christianity
they…they will go house to house and play music with their guitar. Like a group
of Karen…like big group and they will come to your door and sing. So, it’s just
kind of…does…did you guys do that? Or?
[MG, BH, and WV answer at once]
MG: Caroling.
MG, BH, and WV: Yeah.
BH: Christmas caroling.
WV: Caroling.
AWI: Oh really, okay. So that’s not strange yeah.
BH: Mmm…hmm. Usually, just without a guitar.
AWI: But it’s with a guitar. Yeah.
BHI: It’s with a guitar.
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AWI: Yeah.
BH: So, why a guitar?
AWI: Well, so you can sing better. You can follow the tone or something. [laughing] I
don’t know. I’ve just never been to one. Um, like back…back in refugee camp
you know we had uh…we had people like Christianity there they come to our
house they and help us. So, it’s only polite for me to you know help them back.
So, yup.
MG: K.
BH: Um…sorry I’m just really curious about this guitar. Um… do people have guitars
in the refugee camps?
AWI: I can answer that. Yes.
BH: Was there a lot of music there?
AWI: Yes.
BH: Like what kinds of music? Was it like um…popular songs? I don’t know like
maybe American songs? Or was it like its traditional?
AWI: It’s mostly either Burmese songs or Karen songs. Like the...you know, like the top
ten songs. [conversation in Karen] I’m doing it. Well, yeah they…we have lot of
songs and going back to the Christmas thing you like know, like in a refugee
camp when there’s like people going to house to house to sings there’s just gonna
be lots of people kinda follow up. You know kinda join the group to do the same
thing. So.
[laughing]
BH: It sounds like a good time.
AWI: Right.
[36:10]
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WV: Um…I’m just kind of curious who is the man in that photo up on the wall in that
chair?
AWI: On the left?
WV: Uh…uh, the bigger one. The guy in the…what looks like brown robes.
WVI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Its what his name is Thaminya. He is a…a… a highly…everybody knows person
in Buddhist religions.
WV: Okay.
AWI: And he’s… he’s the monk in Burma and he’s rally um…you know. But there’s
just I guess, so many things that happen to him that are miracle or something.
Like, I don’t know if this trues…truth or not it maybe a myth, but like when he
die. Well, he’s dead already and, but his…his fingernails are still growing. So, it’s
just weird. I guess you know he just kind of have supernatural power or
something and may people Buddhist…. Yeah. And it is true right. This particular
person you know he…he’s still in Burma although he died many, many years ago.
His corpse is still there and it’s not being… how do I say it?
BH: It’s not decomposed?
AWI: It’s not decomposing. Yeah. It’s not.
WV: Did they preserve it? Like, did they do anything to…?
AWI: Like they probably. Nobody knows whether they preserve it or not. It’s under
military control and nobody knows. Like government control. I think they
probably did. Come on. [laughing] K. Yeah.
[38:04]
BH: I have one more question. This is something I’ve been curious about cuz it sounds
like in the refugee camps um…you can meet with a lot of people. There are a lot
of people around. So, um…did you have a lot of friends in the refugee camp?
People that you would meet with a lot?
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project: Aye Win
Page
17
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Yes. I had lots of friends in refugee camp. Yeah.
BH: Are there any that came here to the United States as well?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Yes, but they’re not in Utah. They’re in different states within the Unites States.
So.
BH: Are you able to keep in contact with any of them?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Yes, um…we kinda...we kinda call each other you know. Friends to friends just
like everybody would do. But, mostly what we all concern about: How…how is
life doing over there? But, everybody wants to go back home. So, basically.
BH: Back home to Burma?
BHI: [repeating question in Karen]
AWI: Yes, to Burma. But, in Karen State particularly. To that state, yeah.
BH: Cool. Thank you.
AWI: Good?
MG: Thank you.
AW: Thank you.
[End recording-39:52]
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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67609
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 59
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An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
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Pyo Nwe, 1978-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
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eng; kar
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Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
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Chit Moe
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eng; kar
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Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
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An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
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Chit Moe
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eng; kar
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Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
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Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
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An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
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Chit Moe
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eng; kar
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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
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Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
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Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
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Chit Moe
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eng; kar
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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
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Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
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Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
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Chit Moe
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eng; kar
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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
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Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
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Tun Lay, 1958-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
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2015-05-16
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eng; kar
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Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
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Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
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Tun Lay, 1958-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
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2015-05-16
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eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tun Lay--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Tun Lay posing with his guitar
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Hanks, Bethany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Karen State; Thailand; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Couty, Utah, United States; Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, United States;
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Pyo Nwe, 1978-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-05-18
Description
An account of the resource
Group shot of the interview process, standing view looking down on the group.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs;
image/jpeg;
1234004 Bytes
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An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16944coll14/id/57
Language
A language of the resource
eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Pyo Nwe--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Bethany Hanks, Pyo Nwe, Justin, Chit Moe, & Wes Van de Water
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Hanks, Bethany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Karen State; Thailand; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Couty, Utah; United States; Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, United States;
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Tun Lay, 1958-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-05-16
Description
An account of the resource
Tun Lay is answering a question asked by Bethany during the interview process.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs;
image/jpeg;
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An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16944coll14/id/56
Language
A language of the resource
eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tun Lay--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Chit Moe and Tun Lay
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Hanks, Bethany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Karen State; Thailand; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Couty, Utah; United States; Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, United States;
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Tun Lay, 1958-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-05-16
Description
An account of the resource
Tun Lay is responding to a question while looking down at paper listing the interview questions.
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The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs;
image/jpeg;
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An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16944coll14/id/55
Language
A language of the resource
eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tun Lay--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Tun Lay and Chit Moe
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Hanks, Bethany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Karen State; Thailand; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Couty, Utah; United States; Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, United States;
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Tun Lay, 1958-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-05-16
Description
An account of the resource
Chit Moe & Tun Lay are discussing a question asked by Bethany.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs;
image/jpeg;
1059021 Bytes
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16944coll14/id/54
Language
A language of the resource
eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tun Lay--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Wes Van de Water, Bethany Hanks, Tun Lay, and Chit Moe
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Hanks, Bethany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Karen State; Thailand; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Couty, Utah; United States; Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, United States;
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Tun Lay, 1958-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-05-16
Description
An account of the resource
Shot of Tun Lay's guitar as it rests on its stand.
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The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs;
image/jpeg;
817357 Bytes
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16944coll14/id/53
Language
A language of the resource
eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tun Lay--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Guitar
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The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Hanks, Bethany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Karen State; Thailand; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Couty, Utah; United States; Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, United States;
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Tun Lay, 1958-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-05-16
Description
An account of the resource
Decorative floor rugs that the Karen people use to cover carpet because it is easier to clean while protecting the carpeting.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs;
image/jpeg;
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Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16944coll14/id/52
Language
A language of the resource
eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tun Lay--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Floor rugs
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Hanks, Bethany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Karen State; Thailand; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Couty, Utah; United States; Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, United States;
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Tun Lay, 1958-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-05-16
Description
An account of the resource
Tun Lay holds his guitar that he plays for religious services on Sundays; darker lighting in picture .
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs;
image/jpeg;
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Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16944coll14/id/51
Language
A language of the resource
eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tun Lay--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Tun Lay and guitar
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Hanks, Bethany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Karen State; Thailand; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Couty, Utah; United States; Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, United States;
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Tun Lay, 1958-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-05-16
Description
An account of the resource
Picture of a food cover that people would use even in Karen State to protect food from pests.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs;
image/jpeg;
805630 Bytes
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16944coll14/id/50
Language
A language of the resource
eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tun Lay--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Food cover
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
Dublin Core
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Contributor
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Hanks, Bethany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Karen State; Thailand; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Couty, Utah; United States; Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, United States;
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Tun Lay, 1958-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-05-16
Description
An account of the resource
Long profile shot of Tun Lay with side lighting a bit darker.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs;
image/jpeg;
811090 Bytes
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16944coll14/id/49
Language
A language of the resource
eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tun Lay--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Tun Lay
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
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Hanks, Bethany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Karen State; Thailand; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Couty, Utah; United States; Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, United States;
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Tun Lay, 1954-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-05-16
Description
An account of the resource
Close profile shot of Tun Lay with lots of light.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs;
image/jpeg;
710750 Bytes
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16944coll14/id/48
Language
A language of the resource
eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tun Lay--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Profile of Tun Lay
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Hanks, Bethany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Karen State; Thailand; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Couty, Utah; United States; Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, United States;
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Tun Lay, 1958-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-05-16
Description
An account of the resource
Photo of Tun Lay when he lived in Salt Lake City seven years ago; picture taken farther away.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs;
image/jpeg;
577842 Bytes
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16944coll14/id/47
Language
A language of the resource
eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tun Lay--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Framed photo of Tun Lay
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Hanks, Bethany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Karen State; Thailand; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Couty, Utah; United States; Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, United States;
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Tun Lay, 1958-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-05-16
Description
An account of the resource
Close up photo of Tun Lay when he lived in Salt Lake City seven years ago.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs;
image/jpeg;
555139 Bytes
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16944coll14/id/46
Language
A language of the resource
eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tun Lay--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Framed photo of Tun Lay close up
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, <a href="http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608">Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project</a>, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.<br /><br />You can see the original collection at: <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll14</a>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Hanks, Bethany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Karen State; Thailand; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Couty, Utah, United States; Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, United States;
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Pyo Nwe, 1978-
Gill, Meagan
Chit Moe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-05-18
Description
An account of the resource
Close up profile shot of Pyo New.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs;
image/jpeg;
832528 Bytes
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16944coll14/id/45
Language
A language of the resource
eng; kar
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
Subject
The topic of the resource
Pyo Nwe--Photographs;
Title
A name given to the resource
Pyo Nwe close up
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image; Still Image;
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project