These 100 Burmese refugees have jumped from 18th-century lives into the 21st century. Their children are learning English in school and the parents learn from them. - - Donna Poisl
Refugees from Myanmar add their traditions to Albany's ethnic mix
By PAUL GRONDAHL, Staff writer
ALBANY-- Steaming mugs of chai are brought out for visitors as the tangy scent of pumpkin leaves cooking in peanut oil waft from the kitchen in the back of a first-floor Grand Street flat.
The only sound is the creak of floorboards. There is no TV or telephone. These Karenni refugees from Myanmar -- formerly known as Burma -- can't afford them. Everyone walks barefoot on the shiny hardwood floors, a cultural choice rather than an economic one.
Three men step into the living room after shedding shoes and winter coats in an entryway. They have walked their children home from nearby Giffen Memorial Elementary School.
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