A Karen Paduang longneck refugee woman is sitting outside her home playing a wooden guitar in Ban Nai Soi, Thailand.


A Karen Paduang refugee woman sits outside her home playing a guitar in Ban Nai Soi, Thailand. The now 58-year-old woman was residing in Northern Thailand after fleeing war atrocities in her homeland of Burma (Myanmar). Today (2011) she lives in New Zealand with her family. The Karen Paduang people are considered a tourist attraction in Thailand.


Size: 3558px × 2372px
Location: Ban Nai Soi Refugee Camp, Ban Nai Soi, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand
Photo credit: © John Brown / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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