admin | April 7, 2008
Pu Chiangdao
21 October 2007
By : Pu Chiangdao
Photo : Ongart Decha, Anuparb Nunsong
“…Kon duk tu moeng ma
kruan pran tu moe roen
bae bee nong ga wai
bae bee nong ga wai…
We are the poor without field or farm
We are the poor with no money
Have mercy, have mercy…”
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admin | April 7, 2008
By Alison Wingfield, Operative Baptist Fellowship
ATLANTA—The cost of a typical week’s grocery bill in the United States was all it took to change a life. Money given last summer to the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Offering for Religious Liberty and Human Rights is being put to use to help hill tribe people in Thailand obtain [...]
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admin | April 5, 2008
There are three main sub-groups of the Palaung: Pale, Shwe and Remain. Each of these sub-groups has their own language. Most of the Palaung who settled in northern Thailand are of the Pale, also known as Silver Palaung. The photographs here are of this sub-group. Their women are very distinct in their dress. This includes [...]
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admin | April 1, 2008
Taking tea usually without milk and sugar is the custom in the Shan State, as it is through out the Union of Myanmar because everyone, young or elderly, male or female, lay or monk, drinks tea usually in the traditional way but rarely in a modern way mixing it with milk and sugar.
Tea is [...]
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