An immigrant group we don't even think about, slowly assimilating and becoming Americans. The kids play basketball and have a heavy metal band. DP
By News-Post Staff
FrederickNewsPost.com: Burmese immigrants descended on Frederick this weekend to celebrate the start of a new year and take a brief respite from their new lives.
They came from Florida, Georgia and Michigan. Some traveled from as far away as California while others live nearby in Virginia or Maryland.
What drew the group of between 200 and 300 people was the annual two-day New Year festival of the Chin Community of Burma, U.S.A.
The community is comprised of U.S. immigrants from the Chin state of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. They gather each September in different cities. This is the first year Frederick Burmese residents have hosted the festival, which celebrates the Chin lunar New Year, said Peter Thawnghmung, whose family started the event about 25 years ago.
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