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The Lahu in Thailand. The Lahu people are One of the Six main tribes in Thailand. An ethnic group of South east Asia. Their population in Thailand is around the 100,000 Lahu people. The Lahu tribe splits them selves in several sub groups as Lahu Nyi (Red Lahu), Lahu Shi (Yellow Lahu), Lahu Na (Black Lahu), Lahu Shehleh and the Lahu Hpu (White Lahu).

Lahu villages are on high altitude in the mountains of the Northern provinces of Chiang Rai, Mae Hong Sorn and Chiang Mai in North Thailand.

The Lahu Hilltribe in the North of Thailand.

The language of the Lahu tribe is part of the Lolo Burmese, a sub group of the Tibeto Burman family. It's a very isolate language with numeral classifiers and they have seven tones. The Lahu tribe people used the Latin Alphabet.

The Traditional religion of the Lahu tribe people is polytheistic. In the late 17th century the Buddhism was introduced. The Lahu's are believe in One spirit and be Animists with an overall control to other people.

The Hill Tribe Lahu in North Thailand.

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The Lahu Hill tribe people of Northeastern Thailand had encounters with the Tudong monks (Theravada Buddhist Forest Monks) around the 1940's. The Lahu people love entertainment and the easy way of life, also they are very independent people with a very simple life style.

The Lahu tribes wear traditional costumes by a Thai shirt and a sarong. The Lahu ethnic group produce musical instruments, excellent crossbows and other items of bamboo, rattan and wood. They make the finest baskets you can find in Thailand. More earning living ways are rice farming, vegetables, corn and fruits planting, cows, chickens and raising pigs.

The Lahu tribe are pride themselves, on their skills in trapping and hunting. The Thai called the Lahu tribe often "Muser".