ABSTRACT
For nearly a thousand years, the Mon heritage has been under threat from a 'Burmanisation' of culture and history. However, the Mon have not always been passive victims in this process. Identity is plastic, and can be effected by long-term historical processes, as well as by the more immediate actions of politicians and generals. This truth has inspired generations of Mon activists, who have campaigned to conserve and resurrect the Mon language, history and culture - the foundations of Mon identity. Some have gone further, and sought to re-establish Monland as a more-or-Iess independent political entity.
