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Laos { 65 images } Created 19 Feb 2011

Includes photos from Vientiane, Luang Prabang, Luang Nam Tha, Muang Sing and Nong Khiaw.
Some of these Lao pictures were taken during treks among ethnic villages like Khamu, Hmong, Akha, Lolo, Thai Lu people.
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  • Laos. Portrait of a Hmong woman living in a small village in the Luang Prabang area.
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  • Laos, village in the Luang Nam Tha area. Smiling Khamu womaan smoking a pipe.
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  • Laos, Muang Sing. Hmong girls in beautiful dresses sitting on the grass.
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  • Laos, a small village near Muang Sing. Yao woman at the door of her house.
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  • Laos, Muang Sing. A meal at the Akha kitchen.
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  • Laos, a small village near Muang Sing in the northern part of the country. Elderly Tai Lu woman with her house at the background.
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  • Laos, village in the Luang Nam Tha area. Khamu children in a village.
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  • Laos, Nong Khiaw. Two novice monks walking on the bridge connecting two parts of the village.
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  • Laos, Muang Sing. Hmong girl wearing beautiful dress because of the Hmong New Year's festival.
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  • Laos, Muang Sing. A little Hmong girl during the Hmong New Year's festival.
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  • Laos, nearby Luang Nam Tha. Little Khamu girl with a bag on her head.
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  • Laos, Muang Sing. Portrait of a Mien woman.
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  • Laos, Nong Khiaw. Man with a cart crossing the bridge.
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  • Laos, Nong Khiaw. Nong Khiaw is a small sleepy village at the bank of Nam Ou, one of the most beautiful rivers in Laos.
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  • Laos, Nong Khiaw. Nong Khiaw is a small sleepy village at the bank of Nam Ou, one of the most beautiful rivers in Laos.
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  • Laos, Nong Khiaw. Three Lao women on the bridge.
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  • Laos, Muang Sing. Hmong girl wearing beautiful dress because of the Hmong New Year's festival.
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  • Laos, Luang Nam Tha. Khamu woman from Ban Nam Pick, a village situated in the Luang Nam Tha area.<br />
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The Khamu arrived in northern Laos and Thailand in the early first millennium AD, making them one of the earliest inhabitants in the region. When the Lao arrived in the area they pushed the Khamu out of the valleys into higher land. <br />
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Traditional Khamu villages can be found in low mountainous areas and forest valleys. The houses are built on low wooden stilts about 1 to 1.5 meters above the ground. The walls are made of bamboo mats without windows, the roof is covered with thatch. Traditional Khamu villages have a communal house, where young adolescent boys live and where men gather for important discussions or to work together on crafts. <br />
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They cultivate rice, maize, cassava, gourds, eggplants, peanuts and vegetables. Besides that Khamu grow tobacco and brew whisky for self-consumption. They keep a few buffaloes, cattle and goats. Pigs and poultry are kept in larger numbers. <br />
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The Khamu believe in several spirits and every village has a guardian spirit. Spirit gates are erected over the entrance to Khamu villages and special houses are built to make sacrifices. The Khamu practice a form of ancestor worship. Every village has a shaman and several sorcerers. <br />
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The Khamu have never engaged intensively in weaving and buy most of their cloths from others. <br />
The festive dress of a Khamu woman includes a long-sleeved dark vest open at the front, often with red hems, a dark based sarong with many colored strings or motifs and a kerchief. On ordinary days Khamu women wear the Lao-styled sarongs and ordinary blouses with a multitude of bright colors. The older women wear a headscarf, the younger women wear their hair bound up in a bun and leave it uncovered. they decorate themselves with silver and copper bracelets can be found on the arms and legs.
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  • Laos, Muang Sing. Portrait of a young Lolo girl wearing a beautiful traditional headdress. <br />
Lolo is one of the ethnic minorities living in the north of Laos
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  • Laos, Luang Nam Tha. Khamu woman and a little from Ban Nam Pick.<br />
<br />
The Khamu arrived in northern Laos and Thailand in the early first millennium AD, making them one of the earliest inhabitants in the region. When the Lao arrived in the area they pushed the Khamu out of the valleys into higher land. <br />
<br />
Traditional Khamu villages can be found in low mountainous areas and forest valleys. The houses are built on low wooden stilts about 1 to 1.5 meters above the ground. The walls are made of bamboo mats without windows, the roof is covered with thatch. Traditional Khamu villages have a communal house, where young adolescent boys live and where men gather for important discussions or to work together on crafts. <br />
<br />
They cultivate rice, maize, cassava, gourds, eggplants, peanuts and vegetables. Besides that Khamu grow tobacco and brew whisky for self-consumption. They keep a few buffaloes, cattle and goats. Pigs and poultry are kept in larger numbers. <br />
<br />
The Khamu believe in several spirits and every village has a guardian spirit. Spirit gates are erected over the entrance to Khamu villages and special houses are built to make sacrifices. The Khamu practice a form of ancestor worship. Every village has a shaman and several sorcerers. <br />
<br />
The Khamu have never engaged intensively in weaving and buy most of their cloths from others. <br />
The festive dress of a Khamu woman includes a long-sleeved dark vest open at the front, often with red hems, a dark based sarong with many colored strings or motifs and a kerchief. On ordinary days Khamu women wear the Lao-styled sarongs and ordinary blouses with a multitude of bright colors. The older women wear a headscarf, the younger women wear their hair bound up in a bun and leave it uncovered. they decorate themselves with silver and copper bracelets can be found on the arms and legs.
    laos-luang-nam-tha-khamu-woman-portr...jpg
  • Laos, nearby Luang Nam Tha. A Khamu girl wearing a green T-shirt.
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  • Laos, Muang Sing. Portrait of a young Lolo girl wearing a beautiful traditional headdress. <br />
Lolo is one of the ethnic minorities living in the north of Laos
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  • Laos, Luang Nam Tha. Khamu woman from Ban Nam Pick, a village situated in the Luang Nam Tha area.
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  • Laos, Muang Sing. Hmong girl wearing a beautiful dress and hat because of the Hmong New Year's festival.
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  • Laos, Nong Khiaw. Women on the bridge crossing Nam Ou.
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