Ban Doi Pui – Hmong Hill Tribe Village, Chiang Mai, Thailand
The Mae Sa Hmong Hill Tribe village is one of the closest Hmong settlements to Chiang Mai. The Hmong came to Thailand about 100 years ago from Laos. By Hmong standards, this village is fairly small with only about 400 inhabitants. Most of Thailand's ethnic Hill Tribes prefer to live at altitude, and the Hmong even more so, and this village is situated high up in the mountains within the boundaries of the Doi Suthep - Pui National Park. Access by car is easy as the road, whilst narrow, is well paved. The Hmong are renowned farmers and Opium Poppies were once grown here but they have now been replaced as cash crops by cabbages and carrots. The view from the mountain village is spectacular and all around you can see the various methods of cultivation on the steep slopes. Hmong women are expert weavers and you can purchase samples of their work in the village. There is an amazing museum, which is still used as a home, filled with farming and weaving artifacts. One slightly unusual fact about the Hmong is that although Thailand is a Buddhist country, the Hmong are almost exclusively Christian or follow their Ancestral teachings or a mixture of both.
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Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
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