Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Wa people (Wa language: Vāx; Burmese: ဝလူမျိုး [wa̰ lùmjóʊ]; Chinese: 佤族; pinyin: Wǎzú; Thai: ว้า) are an ethnic group that lives mainly in northern Burma in the northern part of Shan State and the eastern part of Kachin State near and along Burma’s border with China as well as in China’s Yunnan Province.