Thailand - Chiang Mai (Baan Tong Luang)
Photo Gallery of Baan Tong Luang, Chiang Mai in Thailand.
Chiangmai is the largest city in Northern Thailand, about one hour from Bangkok by airplane.The area has a rich history and a lot of places to visit that can be seen in another pages below (*1).
This page shows Baan Tong Luang Eco-Agricultural Village where you can see the life of hill tribe people such as Karen, the very famous as a long neck tribe.
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Baan Tong Luang Eco-Agricultural Village
When I hear of a long neck tribe, the hill tribe village, Ban Nai Soi or Ban Huai Sua Tao in Mae Hong Son comes in my mind. The Baan Tong Luang Eco-Agricultural Village where the long neck tribe and other hill tribe people live is about 40 minutes drive from Chiang Mai Airport in the direction of MaeSa Elephant Camp. I can not point the exact place on the map but it's near the MaeSa Elephant Camp. (See the map right)
The Baan Tong Luang Eco-Agricultural Village is a cultural preservation project and a tourism village, opened in 2005 to preserve the old traditional ways of Hill Tribe agriculture, to provide an income for the Hill Tribe people, and for visitors not to take a lot of time to see the culture and way of life of Hill Tribe people. The hill tribes below live in the village and welcome visitors.
- KAREN
- Lahu
- Yao (or MIEN)
- Palong
It looks like their main source of income comes from the entrance fee, 500 Baht per person, and the sales of the folk crafts.
This village is a tourism village and this means the way of life is different from their real life.
Some criticize this kind of village as a Human Zoo, however, from the perspective of preservation of the culture and improvement of the life of their lives, I hope this village will get better and better for themselves and visitors.
I found some document related to hill tribes in Thailand. If you are interested, check it below.
- PDF document (in Japanese)
現代の観光における「まなざし」の非対称性 - タイの山岳民族「首長族（カヤン族）」の観光化を巡って
Baan Tong Luang Eco-Agricultural Village |
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The Baan Tong Luang Eco-Agricultural Village is a cultural preservation project and a tourism village, opened in 2005
to preserve the old traditional ways of Hill Tribe agriculture, to
provide an income for the Hill Tribe people, and for visitors not to take
a lot of time to see the culture and way of life of Hill Tribe people. Now,
let's go ! :D |
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| Around the entrance About 40 minutes from the Chiang Mai Airport. A spacious place. |
Around the entrance Now, you can see the village. |
Their house You can go and see inside. (Take off your shoes !) Looks like they are preparing for a meal. |
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| Gifts Gifts that the house selling which we checked inside. |
A kid and a bow A boy holding a bow. Kid of Lahu tribe ? |
A man selling whistles He showed how to play the whistle. Is he also a Lahu even though wearing a turban ? |
A woman of the Lahu tribe She wears a big earring. |
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| MIEN or YAO Tribe A board shows the direction of MIEN or YAO Tribe living area. They have the characteristics of their red clothes. |
Scenery around Relaxing and peaceful place. |
In the field A woman of Lahu tribe ? Looks like she is checking a mobile phone in the field... |
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[Baan Tong Luang] Karen people |
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Karen people are explained like below:- Long Neck's History - The Karen hill tribes (Long neck or Padong) originally lived in Myanmar on the area adjacent to Chiang Rai. Later, they had immigrated through the boundary of Chiang Rai to live in the area of Mae Ai District, Chiang Mai for 20 years approximately, with the career as working as the employee in agricultural work. After that, in year 2005, they moved to live at Baan Tong Luang, the ecological agriculture village in order to work as employee in sufficient agriculture by holding alien labor card, Myanmar nationality, totaling 16 persons issued by Department of Labor in Chiang Mai. |
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| The village A lot of shops along the street. |
Women of Karen Tribe They are wearing rings around their necks. |
Decoration They wear decoration like the picture. Beautiful. |
Church A church in the village. They believe in Christianity ? |
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| People of Karen 1 | People of Karen 2 | ||
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| People of Karen 3 | People of Karen 4 | ||
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| People of Karen 5 | People of Karen 6 | ||
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| Gifts They have cute dolls with long necks. I bought it ! :D |
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| Scenery around 1 Shops along the street. |
Scenery around 2 Shops along the street. |
Scenery around 3 On of shops. They also have decorations of long neck. |
Scenery around 4 They are handmade bags. |
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| Scenery around 5 Shops and around. |
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