{"id":519,"date":"2012-11-06T07:02:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T00:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/?p=519"},"modified":"2023-11-01T09:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T02:20:49","slug":"lao-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/lao-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Lao People"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Amazing scenes during our travels in rural Laos<\/h2>\r\n

The Lao people or Laotians are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, who speak the eponymous language of the Kra\u2013Dai languages, originating from present-day southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Laos, making up 53.2% of the total population. The majority of Lao people adhere to Theravada Buddhism. They are closely related to other Tai peoples, especially (or synonymous) with the Isan people, who are also speakers of Lao language, but native to neighboring Thailand.<\/p>\r\n

In Western historiography, terms Lao people and Laotian have had a loose meaning. Both terms were irregularly applied both to all natives of Laos in general, aside from or alongside ethnic Lao during different periods in history; since the end of the French rule in Laos in 1953, Lao has been applied solely to the ethnic group while Laotian refers to any citizen of Laos regardless of their ethnic identity. Certain countries still conflate the terms in their statistics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\"Ethnic\r\n
Terieng Village everyone smokes the water pipe<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
\"Terrieng<\/a>
Terrieng villager Ban Bouang Kaleum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Teriang<\/a>
Teriang Ethnic villager Ban Laboy Southern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Sekhai<\/a>
Sekhai Market just outside Vientiane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a>
Kids pulling a handmade cart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Banana<\/a>
Banana seller Lao Bao on Road 9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"fuel-lady\"<\/a>
Pepsi bottle with Gasoline, No Smoking!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Xam<\/a>
Xam Neua Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Kareum<\/a>
Kareum district home made toys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Akha<\/a>
Akha Tribal Villager Muang Sing District<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Sam<\/a>
Sam Lien Thon Kham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Ban<\/a>
Ban Laboy On the Ho Chi Minh trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Hmong<\/a>
Hmong Festival Phou Khoun District Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Alak<\/a>
Alak Village Kaleum Ho Chi Minh trail Southern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"villager-on-the-trail1\"<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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Hmong festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Brau-villager\"<\/a>
Brau Ethnic People Southern Provinces of Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"LS-108-pho\"<\/a>
Support base, local girl eating noodle soup. Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Tribal<\/a>
Tribal Villager Northern Laos selling Chinese beer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Villager<\/a>
Villager Nong Fa Southern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Tribal<\/a>
Tribal villager Ban La Hap, on the Ho Chi Minh trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Hmong<\/a>
Hmong Festival and Phone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"tribal<\/a>
tribal villager sticky rice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Katu<\/a>
Katu Villager, tribal celebration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"nongfakid\"<\/a>
Riding a bike Nongfa Lake Attepeu Southern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a>
Hmong man with a freshly killed buffalo head<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"woman-pipe\"<\/a>
Tribal villager and son gathering wood Lao Vietnam border<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"hill-tribe\"<\/a>
Meo villager Phongsali district Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"marker-kids\"<\/a>
Viengthong 53 km<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Phongsali<\/a>
Phongsali province young student reading<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Pou<\/a>
Pou Noi villagers weaving at young age<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Ngai<\/a>
Ngai Villager Dak Cheung district Southern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Villagers<\/a>
Villagers collecting wood high in the mountains Phongsali province<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"old-woman-pipe-smoker\"<\/a>
Tribal villager and son on the Ho Chi Minh trail Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"jack-hammer\"<\/a>
Jackhammer crew, on mountain cut Kasi District<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"monk-tattoo\"<\/a>
Buddhist Monk Vientiane province<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Local<\/a>
Local fisherman on the Tonle Repeu river border with Cambodia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"bkid-honda\"<\/a>
Xam Neua province Big smile from kid on a scooter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Ta-Oy-villagers\"<\/a>
Ethnic villagers along a remote section of the Ho Chi Minh trail.
What, never seen a foreigner before?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"kid-coconut\"<\/a>
Coconut Kid, a young tribal villager carrying water to the village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Laosgpsmap<\/a>
Laosgpsmap Kmu Village Luang Prabang Province<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"pushing-tuk-tuk\"<\/a>
Red Mud and big smiles chugging a load of fresh cut timber.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"ethnic-kids\"<\/a>
Ethnic villagers smoking at a young age<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"young-face\"<\/a>
Young child helping here family sell vegetables on the side of the road Hongsa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"akha\"<\/a>
Akha tribes people Oudomxay province Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a>
Dakcheung Province, crossbow hunting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"LaosGPSmap-Cooking\"<\/a>
LaosGPSmap-Cooking breakfast Kmu village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"ban-bac\"<\/a>
Ban Bac children posing for the camera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"young-farmer\"<\/a>
Children are encouraged to help out from an early age, as seen here in this Hmong village Nong Het district Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Alak<\/a>
Alak Village Kaleum Ho Chi Minh trail Southern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"plowman\"<\/a>
Farmer carrying field plow, Phonsavan Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Pounoy<\/a>
Pounoy Tribes people Phongsali Province Nothern Laos, these indigenous tribespeople are preparing for a funeral party.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"small-girl\"<\/a>
Hua Pan province, happy girl Houay Ma village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"akha-vill\"<\/a>
Akha hill tribe, Ban Boun Tai Northern Laos, blue dye on here hands is from working with weaving products.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"chain-saw\"<\/a>
Chain saw man, the saw is as big as the bike, Logging is a bustling trade with wood prices very high due to demand in China.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"cowgirl\"<\/a>
Cow girl getting the herd home before the storm hits.
Ponsavan, Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a>
Akha woman in the Jungle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"grass-carry\"<\/a>
Hmong Villager Muang Pek District Norhern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"gSeller\"<\/a>
Motorcycle seller, Vientiane province<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Goldpanner\"<\/a>
Goldpanning Ban San Noi Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"gunmaker\"<\/a>
Phongsali District man making gun from scratch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a>
Kasi district Local kids taking a break from rice farming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"red-miner\"<\/a>
local villager mining gold, Nonghet district Northern laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Hmong<\/a>
Hmong New Year Xieng Khouang Laos Plain of Jars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a>
Village girl fishing Kamouane province<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a>
Kids in a cart in the rain, Gnomalat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a>
Old woman with small fish for dinner..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a>
Crossbow hunting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a>
Village elder along the Ho Chi Minh trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a>
Ta Oy Villager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a>
Ta Oy district<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"fountain-fun2\"<\/a>
Kids swimming in a fountain Muang Xai District Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a>
Brau ethnic villager Attepue province<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/a>
Dak Cheung district woman smoking a big cigar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"water-pipe-smoker\"<\/a>
Ban Bang, Karuem district Ta Oy villager and her baby.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"kids-fish-traps\"<\/a>
Bouarapha district 3 kids posing with fish traps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"fisherman\"<\/a>
Catch of the day Saravanh Southern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"breakfast\"<\/a>
Morning light the Mae Ban prepairing breakfast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Mounpalok<\/a>
Mounpalok District Southern Laos young girl going to school<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Weaver<\/a>
Weaver in village Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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\"Army<\/a>
Army Checkpoint and Cha Hawn<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amazing scenes during our travels in rural Laos The Lao people or Laotians are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, who speak the eponymous language of the Kra\u2013Dai languages, originating from present-day southern China. They are the majority … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12,13,14,15,56,18,19,22,24,25,26,27,31,36,37,57,44],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-bike-rental-laos","tag-garmin-laos","tag-garmin-map-laos","tag-gps-laos","tag-ho-chi-minh-trail-adventure","tag-ho-chi-minh-trail-laos","tag-ho-chi-minh-trail-map","tag-ho-chi-minh-trailmotorcycle-laos","tag-laos-gps","tag-laos-gps-map-2","tag-laos-guide-map","tag-laos-map","tag-laos-self-guided-tour","tag-motorcycle-laos","tag-motorcycle-laos-guide-map","tag-motorcycle-tour-laos","tag-self-guided-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6775,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/6775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}