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Life In The Mountains: The Enduring Culture Of Thailand’s Hill Tribes
A Tapestry of Ethnic GroupsThe hill tribes of Thailand are composed of various ethnic groups, each with its own traditions, languages, and histories. The most prominent of these include the Karen ...
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Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
The Akha are one of the six hill tribes in the mountainous regions of Northern Thailand. The hill tribes (chao khao, literally ‘mountain people’) are considered non-Thai by the Thai authorities, and ...
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Thousands of stateless people given nationality in Thailand
GENEVA, Dec 1 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed an announcement by the Royal Thai Government that more than 18,000 stateless people have been granted nationality in Thailand in the last ...
Thailand jails 43 Vietnamese Montagnards
A Thai court has jailed 43 members of a Vietnamese hill tribe minority group for entering the kingdom illegally, a rights group said on Wednesday, including the wife of an activist wanted by the ...
Simon Fraser University3y
Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Like the other hill tribes in Thailand, the Akha can be distinguished by their clothing and jewelry. Men generally wear loose trousers, a white vest, and a blue jacket. Akha women traditionally wear a ...