Wednesday, September 17, 2008

What I know about hill tribe

What I already know about hill tribe people in Thailand

The hill tribes are groups of people whom live on the mountains in northern Thailand or in big villages along the border of Kanchanaburi and Myanmar. In this world there are a lot of hill tribes. Some people know about them but some don’t know. Others people can call them “hill human”.

What is a hill tribe? Even though I know what it means, it is so difficult to explain in depth. The simplest explanation is that they live on the mountains and they make their home from the bamboo gathered from the woods. However, I know there is more to it about these people. They have their ways of life, customs and beliefs.

I know that the first group hill tribe in Thailand came from south of China except for the Karen, who had established home in Burma. At present, they have some problems with the Myanmar government. The Karen moved to northern Thailand to make a new home.

In Thailand there are six hill tribes. The most well-known of these hill tribes is the longneck- Karen. Everybody can picture the longneck-Karen. The hill tribes always live together; they always have big families and live in a big community. Everyone owns land for agriculture. When they finish their work, they will go to help another person until work is finished. There are a lot of traditions. For example, children and adults wear different clothes and they will get married within the same tribe. However, that changed already because of the environment in their community because of exposure and more interactions with other communities.

From my experience, I have seen a Rambo movie, which portrays about a lot of hill tribe people. I learned from the news that the Burmese government always try to kill them because they want to control the Karen. From the movie, I learned bits and pieces about the hill tribes. Anyway I would like to know more about them, how they live, what are their traditions, how they cope with modern changes and if Thai people accept the hill tribe in Thailand.

Do thai people understand the hill tribe

- do Thai people understand the hill tribe people
- Why did the hill tribe people come and live in Thailand?
- Which hill tribe is most well-know in Thailand?
- If the hill tribe did not migrate to Thailand, where would they be?
- do Thai accept hill tribe people?
- How does Thai government help the tribe people?
- Do hill tribe feel they are Thai?
- Do they want to become Thai?
- How do hill tribe people make a live?
- What kind of customs or tradition do they do have?
- Do they go to Thai school?
- can hill tribe people assimilate into Thai society?
- What problem do hill tribe people have live in the Thai society?
- What do women do?
- What are roles of men of their society?
- What is the family structure?
- What do they wear?
- what is their religion? Does that affect their assimilation into Thai society?

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

chapter 1

as I tell you what is about my book I start to read a book. the one mane is Landon who is well-know in this school but in the bad way. he has a gang in this school. In fact he is good person and he is rich but his mother and father don't live togerther because his father get a new wife, that's why landon like to do bad way. now he is senior already there is voting about who will be the minister of this school. at first landon doesn't like it and don't to be a minister but his father control him to the race be if he can be a minister it is easy to joy in the university that's why he have to joy wiyh them. during he joy this competition he meet the girl mane is jamie, as a matter of he doesn't her because she is the daughter of minister in the church that near his home.