태초의 태국정보/Taecho's Thai Info

The Lawa or Lua as the northern Thai call them, are found only in Thailand. The history of the Lawa people is long and poorly understood. It is certain that they have inhabited Thailand 800 years ago and they were certainly in Thailand already when the Thais arrived. They believe that they migrated from Cambodia, but some archaeologists think their origins lie in Micronesia, perhaps 2,000 years..

If you will travel in Kanchanaburi and Sangkalaburi in west - central Thailand, you will meet many Mon people, especially near the Burmese border. The city of Lampun in north Thailand, known to be the center of the ancient Mon kingdom of Haripunchai. The Mon (also sometimes called Talaing) people have for centuries lived in the area of present-day Thailand and Burma (Myanmar). They speak the Mo..

The Karen, or Yang,(called Kaliang or Yang in Thai), belong to the Sino-Tibetan linguistic family. They are found along most of the length of the Thai Burmese border. Their population is about 350,000 in Thailand, with over four million in Burma. This group is the bigest in Thailand. They are concentrated mainly in Mae Hong Son province, and western areas of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Phayao. K..

The Aka are called by the Thai "Ei-Ko" [called by themselves Aka] are the poorest ethnic group in Thailand and are well known to tourists for their extraordinary costumes and exotic appearance. There are approximately 20000 Aka living in Thailand. The Aka originate from Tibet and Yunnan in Chinna. It is generally believed that the Aka originated in the Tibetan Highlands. Htin Taiyai Kamu Over t..