Ban Ta Khao Pluak Hilltribe Village ‘Track the cultures of the ethnic groups.’
There are many ethnic groups inhabiting in Thailand, especially in some areas like mountains or forests, including those areas of northern Thailand. In the past, many events, including chaos, happened. There is no wonder why some groups of people had to abandon their hometowns and evacuated to Thailand.
These ethnic groups are mostly friendly. Basically, they originated from nearby countries and have cultures of their owns. If it is possible, you should find yourself a chance and learn about their cultures. It will be your good knowledge and experience.
Of course, the best way to study about ethnic groups is to visit their communities, so that you will see how they live. Reading texts only are not going to help much. And if you don’t know where their communities are, then here are some suggestion for you.
Get ready and meet the Chiang Rai ethnic groups ‘Ban Ta Khao Pluak Hilltribe Village’ and ‘Ban Ta Khao Tom Tha Sud Hilltribe Village.
Both Ban Ta Khao Pluak Hilltribe Village and Ban Ta Khao Tom Tha Sud Hilltribe Village are in Chiang Rai. But let’s start from Ban Ta Khao Pluak first.
Chiang Rai hilltribe village Ban Ta Khao Pluak or other name “Ban Pa Ao” is located in Lae District, Muang County. There are 5 different ethnic groups there: Akha, Yao, Lahu, Palaung, and Kayan.
In fact, Ban Ta Khao Pluak Hilltribe Village was not first started as a living community, but instead an agricultural area full of plant growing and animal raising. These 5 ethnic groups were later invited for working and living together. And Ban Ta Khao Pluak has been developed as a tourist attraction as you can see nowadays.
By visiting Ban Ta Khao Pluak Hilltribe Village, you can see how the villagers live their lives. Most of them are hired for plant growing or handicraft creation, in order to support their living. Any products from them will always be sold to tourists and that causes amounts of income for the community. The income are used for community maintenance.
You may shop for their souvenirs, tour their villages, have a ride in a cart, and set up your own camp. Beside, feel free to communicate with the villagers. They are nice and friendly. Ask them any questions you want to know the answers.
Stepping to Ban Ta Khao Tom Tha Sud Hilltribe Village, this is almost as same Ban Ta Khao Pluak. It is also an etchnic community inhabited by different groups of people. The only difference is that Ban Ta Khao Tom Tha Sud is smaller than Ban Ta Khao Pluak Hilltribe Village. However, you can still do many interesting activities just like at Ban Ta Khao Pluak. The villagers are also friendly. Therefore you can choose to go to any of these, or you may just visit both of them.
Lastly, there is something that you should know about these ethnic groups. There are some of general people call their lands ‘‘The Zoos of Humans’, which is not right. They may be different from us or evacuated from other countries, but they are humans anyway and they deserve good living. By the way, the reason that they have to stay only in their lands, is that they only have non-Thai ID card. They have to work within their determined area only and are not allowed to go outside. These should be understandable.
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