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Geographic Setting
Terrain: Scenic limestone formations at the northern edge of the Annamite Mountain range which divides Laos from Vietnam on its Eastern border.
Ecosystem
Habitat
History
This village was occupied by the Thai (Louang Pagnot) which had made a camp and oppressed the population (girls, goods and drudgeries). They expressed their complaints to Chao in Vietnam and the Vietnameses came with French troops. The Vietnamese were successful in removing the Thai and the French constructed a camp in the village.
Society
Language
Religion
Myth
Music
Dance
Indigenous Knowledge
Political Organization
Economy
Merchants of buffaloes and cows, they will buy from merchants coming from Thailand in Pak Hin Boun to sell to Vietnamese while passing by Ban Napè. They do not have a chao.
Development
Trafficking
Gender
Health
Food
Weapons and Tools
Arts
Clothing
Games
Portraits
References
All documentation on these pages was collected by the Ethnographic data bank of Laos through the Institute of Cultural Research, Laos P.D.R. |
