"Burma?s Rawang keep one ancient tradition alive...The arrival of other ethnic groups in the Rawang homeland, the Putao plains of northern Burma, also threatens the future of Rawang culture, confronting the remaining young people with an identity crisis. Tourism is also making inroads into this remote, mountain-ringed region of Kachin State... Happily, one Rawang tradition appears to be in no danger of dying: ceremonial dancing, or ?azolom.? The dance is structured in a snail shape formation in which each circle describes Rawang migration from the flood. Interestingly, a civilization-threatening flood features in Rawang mythology as vividly as in Judeo-Christian texts. The dancers make waving motions with their arms like birds in flight, accompanied by cymbals and drums. The men wear colourful coats of white, red, green and black, colors that respectively represent purity, bravery, peacefulness and stability. They carry blunt swords edged with tiger teeth and wear rattan hats bearing wild boar tusks..."