From the Thai Agriculture Park, it was another hour drive or so to the tribal village of Chiang Rai. We had to walk down a narrow mountain path and up a little hill to reach the tribal village. The main tribe of the region is the Akhas - originally from the Tibet-China region. They have settled her long enough to have obtained citizenship and land-ownership rights to the farms they work on. Newer arrivals like the Padong do not enjoy these benefits yet and could only become cheap farm-hands of the land-owners.
Akha arts and crafts
a Lahu grandma working on her shawl
the Yellow Lahu ladies have long stretched out ears
the houses of the tribal families
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