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History of Hilltribes in Thailand, hilltribe silver jewelry, cheap wholesale hilltribe silverware (Cont.) |
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| One thing is certain about the history of all the hilltribes. They have been forced to migrate in order to survive. The hills of the Golden Triangle are beautiful enough on trekking holidays, but are nobody's first choice for a home. The land is poor for farming, and the terrain difficult.
These ethnic minorities are tribes of the hills because, for centuries past they have retreated in the face of stronger lowland peoples. Leading an unsettled life in the forested hills, always at risk of having to move further on, has been the only way of keeping their cultural identity - and this is something that all the hilltribes feel very strongly. Just a day or two spent with a hilltribe community is enough for even a casual visitor to see how highly they value the uniquness of their own way of life.
The main area of hill-country in Thailand is the exotically-named Golden Triangle - along the borders with Burma and northwest Laos and the confluences of the Meknog and Mae Kok rivers -and this is where most of tribal groups are concentrated. In the settelment of the North, they are newcomers; the main migration started only at the beginning of this century. A census of studies put the hilltribe population at a little short of half a million in 1983, most of this since the end of the Second World War.
The Karen (known to the Thais as Karieng and Yang) arrived fro mthe west, across the lower Salween River in Burma. The Lisu (Lisaw in Thai), Lahu (Muser) and Akha (Eekaw) crossed into Thailand mainly from Burma's Shan State in the north, while the Hmong (Meo) and Mien (Yao) crossed over the Mekong River from Laos. These migrations are, however, just the final stages of a much longer history of movement, and the ultimate origins of most of the tribes is shrouded in uncertainty. And, as none except the Mien have written records, there is little chance of unveiling their early history.
The oral tradition, though, is strong, and at times the epic and complex genealogies give tantalising glimpses of social upheavals and great journeys in the distant past. Certain Hmong legend, for example, recount cold lands with long winter nights, which might suggest northern Asia or the Tibetan plateau, while the Mien have a legend concerning a sea crossing, which might have bee from southeast China.
Long recitations, committed to memory and passed on from generation to generation are, in fact, essential for continuing the culture. Among the Akha, for example, it is important for a man to be able to remember his complete genealogy, right back to the first man, Sm Mi O, nad this now covers more than 60 generations. Although the beginning of these genealogies is as much absorbed in legend and religion as is the Book of Genesis in the Christian Old Testament, the surprising thing is how closely they correspond with one another. Genealogies and other histories form Akha in different countries have similarities so close as to confirm their accuracy. All this, remarkably, is passed on by word of mouth, but such feats of memory are an everyday skill among peoples who have had no other means of preserving their past.
One thing is certain about the history of all the hilltribes. They have been forced to migrate in order to survive. The hills of the Golden Triangle are beautiful enough on trekking holidays, but are nobody's first choice for a home. The land is poor for farming, and the terrain difficult. These ethnic minorities are tribes of the hills because, for centuries past they have retreated in the face of stronger lowland peoples. Leading an unsettled life in the forested hills, always at risk of having to move further on, has been the only way of keeping their cultural identity - and this is something that all the hilltribes feel very strongly. Just a day or two spent with a hilltribe community is enough for even a casual visitor to see how highly they value the uniquness of their own way of life.
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