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The Karen's in Thailand. The most of the Karen people are living in Chiang Mai, North Thailand at the Thai Burmese border area. The Karen Hill Tribe in Chiang Mai starting to move into Thailand at the 17th century. The Karen's living in small village up hill with around 25 bamboo houses on stilts. Karen villages tending to cluster. The village priest have the highest authorities and run the village along with the elders.

The Karen Hilltribe in Thailand, Asia.

The Karen people are a ethnic group with the Sino Tibetan language. There are about 280,000 Karen people in Thailand. By far the largest of the Major tribes in Thailand. Dressed in specially Karen clothes, hand woven and in the colors Red with White, Brown or Blue vertical stripes.

A decorative style with a clear stitching. Simple forms in a sleeveless tunic for the Karen Men and more elaborate style on the Sarongs for the Karen Women. The Two main groups in Thailand are the Pwo and Skaw also know as the White Karen and the Red Karen. Sub groups are the S'gaw Karen and the Paku Karen.

The Hill Tribe Karen in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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The Karen Hill tribe people live harmoniously with traditional rituals, the "Lord of the Water and Land". This ethnic group believes in soul and have guardian spirits with nature spirits in the rocks, mountains and water that surround the Karen. Today the majority is Buddhism in conjunction with Animism.

The Karen group in Thailand are the only ethnic group who grows wet rice on the built terraces. They practice agriculture and cultivate irrigated paddy fields. They are cooperative and very peaceful people.

The Karen, also know as the "Long Neck" or the "Giraffe" tribe, but the Women who wear these rings on the neck belong to a sub group know as the "Padaung" tribe.