Lahu Village, Chiang Rai, Thailand

[blakegeee]

There is no Japanese voice in this video... This is a Lahu Yellow village, are you Lahu Black?

[YUKALI373K]

La hu_ hk'a^ ChiangRai Mvuh Mi hk'aw ka te ka le ? A ma te Japanese voice ka ve ?

[lampang3]

Actually Jan is in the procession as well.

And just a few doors up from you is the little Thai shop,where I have often made a quick pit stop for a shot of"Shang Shun" (red lao). Cheers

If all goes well we will be coming back for a visit late January next year

Cheers

[lampang3]

I have some video posted from this January.In the procession video you can see many Lahu people(they are Lahu Nyi(Red) .They came down from the mountain (even during Lahu New Year...I was really honored) to participate in the house blessing and wedding.As mentioned they are like family to me.

Yes Lahu Sheleh(Yellow) is less common for sure,and dialect somewhat different. When different Lahu groups occasionally meet then Black Lahu is usually the common language.

[blakegeee]

@lampang3

Lahu Yellow is actually Lahu Shi. Sheleh are different again. Lahu yellow has the most unique dialect.

[lampang3]

Red Lahu ? (I'm assuming because of the name paa Daeng(red)I'm familiar with the difference Lahu Naa ,Lahu Nii, Lahu Sheleh etc.

Interesting...as I have a Lahu family who are very close friends(feels like family..know them 15 years) who are Lahu and live in a village named Paa Daeng but close to Chiang Mai and really in the mountains...your wife's village looks a little lower in elevation.From the hat I'm guessing Canadian..me too!

Cheers

(in Lahu) "O-buu a jaa"

[blakegeee]

@lampang3

Hello again. This is actually a Yellow Lahu village. I think Yellows are one of the least common Lahu colours. I can't believe how many Pa Daeng villages I have noticed all over Thailand. With the soil here, I guess "Red Cliff" makes a good name for a lot of places, including Thai villages.

So are you married to a Lahu person, or just friends? My wife's village in in Chiang Rai province, south of the city, down a road from Mae Suai (along the 118). The area is known as Wawee.

[lampang3]

@blakegeee

How's it going eh?

No... the Lahu people I know are just very close friends for many years,from when I used to live in Thailand.I'm married to a Thai from the MeaRim area for 9 years now(we live in Canada for the time being...Sooke B.C) This past January we were there and had a house blessing combined with a Buddhist wedding in her village.

I know Soi 2 very well back in 1992 there was very little on that Soi.I also know Jan (and now Ning) bar close to you (Ex Enjoy Place)

[itsjacob]

im a lahu :)

[blakegeee]

@itsjacob

Cool, where do you live?

[blakegeee]

@ec832

I don't think its similar to Korean although I can't speak either one. My wifes first language is Lahu, second is Thai. She has had Korean friends and she has not noticed any similarities herself.

Its possible that you may have got "Korean" confused with "Karen". In Thai, the way they pronouce Karen does sound a little like "Korean" but Karen is another hilltribe group in Thailand that also originated from Tibet. They have unique languages but may be slightly similar, sound especially

[blakegeee]

@ec832

Oh its the first that I have heard about it but who knows. Everything that I have researched about them says that its a Sino-Tibetan language which is why it has similarities to other hilltribe languages that also supposedly originated from that area.

[shean2560]

hahaha just when u thaught u cauld excape hahahaha

[shean2560]

hey blakee how u doin man

good video