k Burma Myanmar Six Tai Lu women from Mong Lay in Shan state pose for a photograph in 1909. The two in the middle are in festive costume the two in white pinafores wear city attire and the two squatting on the outside are in peasant dress. The Tai ethnicity refers collectively to the ethnic groups of southern China and Southeast Asia, stretching from Hainan to eastern India and from southern Sichuan to Laos, Thailand, and parts of Vietnam, which speak languages in the Tai family and share similar traditions and festivals, including the water festival. Despite never having a unified nationstate of their own, the peoples also have historically shared a vague idea of a Siam nation, corrupted to Shan or Assam in some places. The majority of Tai Lu live around Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province in southern China. Other Tai Lu villages can be found in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Burma. Editorial Stock Photo - Afloimages
Sign up
Login
All images
Burma Myanmar: Six Tai Lu women from Mong Lay in Shan state pose for a photograph in 1909. The two in the middle are in festive costume the two in white pinafores wear city attire and the two squatting on the outside are in peasant dress. The Tai ethnicity refers collectively to the ethnic groups of southern China and Southeast Asia, stretching from Hainan to eastern India and from southern Sichuan to Laos, Thailand, and parts of Vietnam, which speak languages in the Tai family and share similar traditions and festivals, including the water festival. Despite never having a unified nation state of their own, the peoples also have historically shared a vague idea of a Siam nation, corrupted to Shan or Assam in some places. The majority of Tai Lu live around Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province in southern China. Other Tai Lu villages can be found in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Burma.
ED
Add to Lightbox
Download Comp

Burma / Myanmar: Six Tai Lu women from Mong Lay in Shan state pose for a photograph in 1909. The two in the middle are in festive costume; the two in white pinafores wear city attire; and the two squatting on the outside are in peasant dress.

The Tai ethnicity refers collectively to the ethnic groups of southern China and Southeast Asia, stretching from Hainan to eastern India and from southern Sichuan to Laos, Thailand, and parts of Vietnam, which speak languages in the Tai family and share similar traditions and festivals, including the water festival. Despite never having a unified nation-state of their own, the peoples also have historically shared a vague idea of a "Siam" nation, corrupted to Shan or Assam in some places. The majority of Tai Lu live around Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province in southern China. Other Tai Lu villages can be found in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Burma.

Details

ID
175785642

Collection

License type
Editorial

Photographer

Creation date
03-12-2021

Contact Aflo for all commercial uses.


Keywords
More
Top Categories
Editorial
2024 Paris Olympics
Latest News
Latest Sport
Latest Entertainment
2020 Tokyo Olympics
Creative
People and Lifestyle
Sport and Leisure
Business and Technology
Landscape
Animals
Videos
Sport and Leisure
Drone and Timelapse
People and Lifestyle
Business and Technology
Landscape
Sign in
Register
Member access
Login not found.
Forgot Your Password?