Tai Dam Population - Worldwide

[perrysouvana]

i am laotian but i know all laotian are from Taidam, look at lao characters similar to taidam writrin

[ybaccam]

One of my favorite song ...thank for uploading ...ไต๋ดำจู่ก่นห้าวหันหมั้นยืนเ­มือหน้า:)

[ybaccam]

One of my favorite song....thanks so much for uploading...ไต๋ดำจู่ก่นห้าวหัน­หมั้นยืนเมือหน้า:)

[Thaidamboy12]

Yeah I am from iowa

[Thaidamboy12]

This is dj.. pa baccam son! You probably know my mom. But can I use this video for a project?

[taidamheritage]

@Thaidamboy12 , yes, you may use this vdo for your project. Are you from Iowa?

[5070719]

ผู้ไท ลาวเก่า คึดเห็นเด นาน้อย อ้อยหนู

[pierrelo100]

Hello there!...i'm Hmong but my great grandmother was Taidam...missed you guys much!

[rin2519]

ขอให้คนไตทุกคนทุกถิ่นจงรักความ­เป็นไตไว้เด้อ..อยู่ที่ใหนก็ไตเ­หมือนกันรักกันไว้เน้อ

[SiNgHayStyle]

SabAiDee

[Vanlou25]

Nice Video =]

[germansheparddogs]

my grand father is at @ 3:11he is behind the 3rd person on the first row , wearing the green plaid button up shirt. he passed away October 2,2008. =(

[phillovan]

mun yeun ner kone tai.REMEMBER WHERE WE COME FROM REMEMBER WHO WE ARE,LOVE AND PEACE.

[t8962m]

i'm thai my wife is taidam i want to know all of tai and thai

[t8962m]

i'm thai my wife is taidam i want to know all of tai and thai

[saihsenghpanamhkok]

Myy,Suunghka;!!!

(Greetings u all by our Tai Lon aka Tai Yai or Shan(in Burmese)...

So informative one and how could I study deeper than this ?

Actually, I'd like to join Water Splashing Festival if Tai Dam has...

When and where is the best to participated it???

I just been to Sipsonpanna and Mong Khon in PRC, the same occasion...

Thanks for who can support for Tai Dam's one too...

[jake847]

so amazing i'm lao i can understand some words... we 're all from the same tai family tree...

[jamyang801]

I am Taidum, grow up in Laos, living in the USA. I speak lao,thai,vietnam,english,tai and french, so sad that I only know a little bit of each those languages, I wish for understanding more Tai, thank you for sharring .

[taidamheritage]

@jamyang801

You're welcome. I am like you, was born in Laos and grew up in the USA. I was fortunated to speak Tai flurently but there is a lot more that I don't know about our Tai culture and history. Thanks for stopping by!

[fabianfred537]

@jamyang801 I have lived in Chiangmai and Fang in the North of Thailand for the past 19 years and can understand this song well since to me it sounds very similar to Lanna Thai...which is also similar to Lao. There are many Tai (Shan) from Burma here and I am starting to learn their language and writing too. May all Tai people be able to return to their home lands one day.

[sympathy978]

My grandma was Tai dam. She spoke a different version of Laotian while I was growing up and later on in her teens learned to speak Vietnamese from her husband.

[taidamheritage]

@sympathy978

Was your grandpa a Tai Dam too? Both of my parents were Tai Dam, but only my father knew how to speak Vietnamese because he had to learned it in school.

[sympathy978]

No, just the grandma was Tai Dam. My grandpa was Full Vietnamese.

[cyber69269]

That's correct. Most Thai Dum Speak Vietnamese.

[camkhaoca]

we Tai dam in VN speak Tai&Vietnamese =you Laos in Armerica speak Laos & english

[newoleanns]

Correct me if I'm wrong, Tai Dum from Laos are really Viet-Lao, are they not? Most of the Tai Dums' I've met speak Vietnamese, very well.

[taidamheritage]

Tai Dam from Laos are the descendants of Tai Dam came from the northwest of Vietnam. This region was annexed as part of Vietnam in 1889 by the French. From that time on, Tai Dam lived in this region had to learn to speak Vietnamese. As of today, there are not too many Tai Dam in Laos are able to speak Vietnamese, but they are still be able to speak Tai Dam for sure.

[TaiKorat]

ขอให้รักษาวัฒนธรรมให้มั่นคง

อย่าลืมว่าเราเป็นคนไต

[taidamheritage]

Hi TaiKorat,

Thanks for the comment. That's right, don't forget that we all are kon Tai and we share very similar language.

[saihsenghpanamhkok]

Myy,Suunghka; !

But, we are Tais Lon and so proudly to be Tai at anywhere and anytime ...

[hongkhamhk]

It is good to hear from our Pi Nong Tai in Korat. But most of the Pi Nong Tai in Thailand forget their brothers who were trapped and pressed by the Burmese Army in Burma.

[lanxang817]

Long live to all Taidam, Tai Issan, Tai Yai, Tai Lue and Tai Lao

[camkhaoca]

For QCLF: Buan chien ,phon lui´li´ Buan nhi,ti phon ti bau B3,Num zam tar B4, Num hi phai B5,Phon sang Lau B6,Fa dung leng cum nao B7,Lom chet lom chu B8,det´leng,huong lom orn B9,Fa xau huong bon mua B10, Bor´Pip´ hua nau Dong B11,Num noong B12,Num mar

[camkhaoca]

Buan chien(phit´)

Buan Chieng(men)

[camkhaoca]

15 mon Chock

16 mon chen

17 gin Pet met To

18 tet non

19 Thau non tieng

20 Sao nha´khuang

24 Buan tha

25 Buan cong^,

[camkhaoca]

a litle "Qwam Chien Lang" for Qwam Chien Lang fan: Khuap Pee mee Nham Pee Buan cop quay Cam niung,Buan phac Song cam, pen Phark Mar´k Kham Sam cam ,Buan hieng´ Si´ cam,tong bahn Xa Ha cam ,Tai hen Hoc cam , Buan tok chauw 7 cam Buan,tao´nang 8 cam,Ke´nhau 9 cam ,Buan tem 10 cam,tang cang Fa 11.... 12.. 13.14...

[taidamheritage]

When all seasons have come around Year and months have been fullfilled Day 1, Buan (moon) phac? Day 2, pen phark mar'k kham? Day 3, Buan (moon) hieng (tilt?) Day 4, tong bahn Xa? Day 5, Tai (hen?) Day 6, Buan (moon) falls early? Day 7, Buan (moon) tao'nang? Day 8, ke' nhau? Day 9, Buan (moon) is full? Day 10, tang cang Fa?

[camkhaoca]

Day1,Buan Phac(Moon sleeping)

Phac=Pet xay´Gay´Phac

[camkhaoca]

Num bo´r Tai hire va:

Gin num Bo´r Bong,´ha´Chauh harn

Gin nu Bo´r Barn ha´Chau ca

Gin num Tabaa Chau di´t farn Charn

Si´(4)Tong qwang Thanh(Thaeng),Tak, Lo, Tharn

-Phon tok Tai Bahn Chok san Kha

Tai Chiang La hom Pha non hay...

Pay Sopcop gin Pah

pay Muang Va gin khau.^^

[taidamheritage]

Please explain.

Tai spring water (what is "hire va"?):

Drinking Bo'r Bong, give it to the geese?

Drinking Bo'r Barn, give to the birds (ca)?

Drinking Tabaa water, are the good and beautiful?

4 (Tong qwang?): Muong Thanh(Thaeng), Muong Tak, Muong Lo, Muong Tharn.

When it's raining Tai people at Bahn Chok (san Kha?)

Tai Chiang La (Muong La?) sleep with blanket at the farm...

When you go to Muong Sopcop you get to eat fish.

When you go to Muong Va (where?) you get to eat rice (dinner)?

[camkhaoca]

Hire Va,here wa(is called)

[StephieBaccam]

Hey, thanks for putting this up... Bad to admit, but yes, the kids that are Taidam in the US (Iowa) are starting to forget. We do LOVE our culture, but don't know enough about it, and should keep the language/culture going ... I'm starting to forget how to speak it myself.... yikes!!

[taidamheritage]

Thank you Stephie for taking time to make comment on my video. You're right we don't have much info about our culture. Wish our older generations are more open and share more info so our younger ones can keep the culture going. By the way, you have a great voice!

[xoumyxou]

Merci énormément pour ce partage ! Je suis une Thaï dam vivant en France...ne parlant malheureusement plus très bien le thaï...Je garde pourtant espoir quant à l'avenir de nos coutumes :))

[taidamheritage]

You're welcome. Try to speak our language with your family, your Tai Dam will get better. I still work on some videos about our culture and I will upload them as soon as they are finished. Meanwhile, check on my playlists to see someone's videos about Tai Dam. Merci pour le comment.

[singha1000]

I just see your video, I, Tai dam lives in Thailand. Nice to see you and wish Tai Dam to conserve our culture.

[taidamheritage]

Since Tai Dam have been living in many countries; this is the best way we can get connected and preserve our culture. Thanks for stopping by.

[hongkhamhk]

All Tai races in Asia should have a common stance their dignity.

[kl0719]

It's just a matter of time before the culture is depleted. Tai dam kids in Iowa and US just don't care enough to keep it going......sad

[taidamheritage]

This issue has been a growing concern for many Tai Dam communities around the world. In Iowa, they are in the process of making a Tai Dam cultural place called Tai Village. I am urging all Tai Dam out there to get involved and promote our Tai culture.

[chaosuan]

Is Tai Dam in vietnam and china still Tai Dam?

[taidamheritage]

In Vietnam, Tai Dam classified under the Thai Nationality of Vietnam, which including the White and Red Tais. Within their group, they called themselves Tai Dam, Tai Don, and Tai Daeng. I still have relatives there and they used to write my father in Tai Dam scripts. In China, they are known as Jinping Dai and including in the Tai/Thai-speaking group called the Dai Nationality of China.

[chaosuan]

Happy to hear that they still use Tai Dam script, but what about new generation there ?

[taidamheritage]

In Vietnam, Tai Dam script was not officially used and taught in school ever since the French annexed that area to Tonkin of Vietnam in the late 1800's. Today, not many people under 50 years old are able to read and write Tai Dam. That is sad.

[hongkhamhk]

Hi Tai Dam

I am Tai Yai from Shan State, Burma. In Burma, there are also Tai Deng in Kachin State (which is closed to India). I wonder wether Tai Deng is Vietnam and Burma are still the same. However, it is nice to hear that we still have our brothers who are far away from each other.

[taidamheritage]

It's nice hear from our pi nong Tai Yai from Burma. I don't know anything about pi nong Tai Deng from Kachin State. I heard some Tai Dam elders talking about our pi nong Tais in Burma but don't have any connection. Thanks for stopping by.

[tvhavan]

thanks for sharing!

[taidamheritage]

You're welcome!

[LounMay]

Very Nice Video!

[taidamheritage]

dai yon/kob jai/merci/thank you