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Shan, Karen, Lisu, Lahu, Hmong, Thai, and the ones who cut the road.

Poy Sang Long

Shan, Karen, Lisu, Lahu, Hmong, Lua, Pa-O and Chinese Yunnanese.

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The Hmong are a hill tribe in Thailand that migrated from China. They are the second largest hill tribe in Thailand, and are known for their colorful embroidery, hemp textiles, and batik techniques.

Lisu, Lahu, Hmong and Lua

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Mae Hong Son's population is mostly not Thai. Seven named groups make up 63 per cent of it, and these are four of them.

Exhibit in the Ethnological Museum, Berlin, Germany. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction.

The Karen

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The largest group in the hills of the province after the Shan, spanning the Thai–Myanmar border, and the people whose villages line Route 108 south…

Khone Phapheng Falls, Si Phan Don, Laos. Located on the Mekong River near the border with Cambodia, at 10.7 kilometres (6.6 mi) wide, it is the widest waterfall in the world.

The Shan

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Tai Yai. A Tai people whose territory spans the Thai–Myanmar border, and the majority group in Mae Hong Son province.