Tag: tribes
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Security requires we take ourselves more seriously
The Americans have often behaved with magnificent heroism towards allies but sometimes they have abandoned allies. The Hmong hill tribes of Laos threw in their lot with the Americans during the … Read Full Article
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Change is coming to idyllic Sapa, Vietnam
Now the hills around Sapa are peopled by agricultural tribes like the Black Hmong and the Dao that are quite poor. But since the opening up of Sapa for tourism in the 1990s, home-stays and handicrafts … Read Full Article
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Thailand’s Hill Tribes: A Guide to Responsible Tourism
But the region is also the home of an immense diversity of peoples and cultures that are not strictly Thai – Burmese, Karen, Hmong, Shan, Lisu, Lahu, Akha, Palaung, and Yao, to name some. Like the … Read Full Article