As the photos says it all, we had an eye opener trip visiting the hill tribe communities Akha & Lahu tribe in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. The trip was carefully organised by Mirror Foundation, an NGO operating which helped with the tribes' transition into modern society. Click here for details of Mirror Foundation - http://www.mirrorartgroup.org/web/whoarewe/index.html
While watching the slide, you'll get glimmers of tribal life in the highlands. The effect of modernisation and this new way of life had and have its rocky transitions but change they did. Some tribes seem to fare better than their counterparts but the overall perception of the community (which includes the head leaders) seems to favour the change.
In the end change seems to hold no stop for the families here from growing up with the best of two worlds. Knowledge of the highland lifestyle and living in the lowlands.
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