Lawa

Lawa or Lawas may refer to:

Rivers

Places

Lawa, Punjab

Lawa (Urdu: لاوا‎), is a tehsil of Chakwal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Initially It was part of Talagang Tehsil and is located at 32°41'50N 71°56'5E with an altitude of 420 metres (1381 feet) and lies adjacent to Mianwali District. EX-IG Punjab, Malik Khan Baig, a well reputed police officer belongs to tehsil Lawa. Pakistan's No 1 kidney surgeon Rafiq Ahmed Zakki belong to this land, Mizar of Lajpal Pir Shahabal Shah is located at a beautiful popular stream tarappi in Lawa. Here, the awan's sub clans are Shahri Awan.

References

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Coordinates: 32°41′50″N 71°56′5″E / 32.69722°N 71.93472°E / 32.69722; 71.93472

Jashn-e- Nezabazi Lawa

It’s an annual event held in March on Danda Lawa road. Teams come from all over Punjab.200 horses and riders participated.

Proposed by

Tehsil complex

Consist on Three sections

• Single section • 4 section • 8 section

Winner

• Single section winner is “ Allamdar Hasnainia Club of Pakistan” • 4 section winner is “Malik Uddra Club of Pakistan” • 8 section winner is “Rokhari Club of Pakistan”

Lawa people

Lawa (Thai: ลัวะ or Thai: ละว้า; rtgs: Lawa) are an ethnic group in northern Thailand. The Lawa language is related to the Blang and the Wa language found in China and Burma, and belongs to the Palaungic languages, a branch of the Austroasiatic languages. Their population is estimated to be some 17,000. The Western Lawa are found in the vicinity of Mae Sariang in the south of Mae Hong Son Province, the Eastern Lawa are centred on Bo Luang in Chiang Mai Province.

Overview

The Lawa are sometimes mistaken for being the same people as the Lua of northern Laos and of Nan Province, Thailand, who are speakers of the more distantly related Khmuic languages. This problem is compounded by the Eastern Lawa of Chiang Mai Province preferring to be called Lua by outsiders, and by the Thai people generally referring to speakers of these different Palaungic languages as Lua.

Today, those Lawa who have not been integrated in mainstream Thai society, still live a traditional way of life, often professing animism. As with the other mountain ethnic groups of Thailand, they are known for extraordinary craft skills, especially for being ironsmiths.