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Thursday, 17 May 2012

Hill Tribe/Thai of Thailand

MAP OF THAILAND


WHY THAILAND?
On a family vacation to Penang, this lady started counting in THAI to me, when i told her i couldnt understand a word she was saying she laughed and assumed i was from Thailand.


RACE:Hill Tribe (Different Tribes in Thailand)
POPULATION:1.2 million in Thailand
LOCATION: Thailand
TRAITS OF RACE:The Thai Monarchy, Phra Sayam Thewathirat (deva gurdian protector of the Nation and the Royal Family), The Thai Elephant.

Thailand or originaly known as Siam, has an Interesting history in Asian. Thailand was the only country in southeast Asia that was not colonies by any western countries in the past.

The Hill Tribes of Thailand are the original people of Thailand migrating from China and Tibet in the past centuries.

The Hill Tribes include:

1. AKHA TRIBE


2. LAHU TRIBE


3. KAREN TRIBE


4. HMONG/MEO TRIBE


5.MIEN/YAO TRIBE


6. LISU TRIBE


Thailand is known to be the rice bowl of Asia with its large fertile area for growing paddy. Rice is the main export of the country.

The Chao Phraya River, is where you can find the floating market. Native Thai's sit on their boats and sell their goods regularly just like a land market but on water(Kidcyber,2008).


Reference list:
Experience Thailand, 2011, National Identity Office, retrieved from,

 
Thailand Facts and Features, 2008, Kidcyber, retrieved from,

 
Picture retrieved from:
Thailand Hill Tribe Girls,n.d Our Surprising World, retrieved from,





1 comment:

Unknown said...

Interesting blog but not much of in-depth and critical analysis.

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