I though Laos and Thai people are related.  But to my surprise! we are related to another group of people.  How come i never heard of them before.  Where do they come from?.  Why is my sister look like them?. 

I've have been telling people i'm not related to Chinese.  But what is going on here.

and this?

WHAT THE HELL! is that Lao or Chinese?

I've heard the Chinese are in Laos now.  I've read this block, they said there are 300 000 Chineses are comming.  Is that them? 

Are these the Chinese that came to Laos in the last couple of years. They learn Laos language fast.  I'm having a hard time learning Laos.  But i do understand them a little.  WOW! I GUESS THE CHINESE ARE COMMING.

Those people are Lue of Sipsongbanna, our cousin in the north. They speak a dialect very similar to the people of northern Laos.

It appeared that certain racist element of the Lao Diaspora Community haven't learn their lesson. If they keep up with their xenophobic and bigotry way of thinking, pretty soon there will be no place for them to hide.

CRAZY DOG. I too understand them.

At least dont not change the tradition Laos custom. I yellow and red shirt that guy is wearing. I cant do.

THE NEW LAOS.  CHINESE AND VIETNAMESE VERSON OF LAOS.

come on guys they are jus a different type of laos....


lets absorb themmmm instead of being so afraid of them taking over uss let usss make them become a part of laos to become a biggger laos..


jeeezzzeeee wuts wrong with them being a little different if these are the "chinese" that are suppose to be coming to laos im fine with that. they will be apart of uss not the other way around y do u guys think our culture is so weak that we will chang in an instant. yess its true that our culture has changed over time but we are still here over many many years.

our country was practically goneeee at one point but we are still here.
we are growing, were getting bigger, we need to spread our infuence. dont be scared of others showing us their culture just pound them back with ours.....

let the drummss beattt and Khenes playyy !!!!!

I'm surprised by the fact that somebody tried to discredit Lao government. Lao cultures and Lao language are well preserved. Don't worry!
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So these are not Laos!.  Thank you for informing me.  I know i was away from Laos people and culture for a very long time.  I grew up in North America and dating white blond girl, and eat western food.  And i dont get involve with Laos people. 

I did not think Laos would change that much.  Anyway thanks!

So these people are from Burma.  That is crazy!.  I did not know that they speak similar to Laos. Do the eat sticky rice? or play khean like Laos?.  That is crazy!.

I'm just curious why on some videos they dress similar to Laos and some similiar to Chinese and Vietnamese?. Do you see Laos culture moving towards them  or more towards Thai.  Or towards our own culture?

Yeah.  Scare the crape out of me today.  I thought this videos was from Laos.  I heard rumors from people that some Chinese are moving to Laos.  But it could have not change by that much. 

This is crazy.  In one of the Videos there are three head elephant on the church.  I thought that was the old Laos flag symbol?. It only belong to Laos.

Who the heck is the Hmong?.  I thought they are Laos.  But i learned that they are Chinese.  But how come those Chinese from Burma i can understand, but i can not understand the Hmong when the speak.  What is the differences?.

Think the alphabet in the subtitles that doesn't look like Lao, & also isn't Chinese, is Lue alphabet (see http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tailue.htm), which looks a lot like the Tham alphabet that Lao & Lanna monks use to write Pali & palm leaf manuscripts. Kids in some Lue villages in Laos as well as Yunnan still learn how to write the Lue alphabet.

The Tai Lue, Tai Dam, Tai Daeng, etc people in Laos, Tai Lue & Tai Yai (Shan) in north Thailand, Tai Yai in north Burma, Tai Ahom(? not sure) in north India, etc all originated in Sipsongpanna in China & migrated southwards a long time ago. Likewise for many Lao Soung ethnic groups (Mien, Akha, Hmong, etc). That's how the Lanna kingdom started. & the Lue had their own ancient 'kingdoms' covering areas like Phongsaly, Muang Sing & along the Mekong down to the north part of Sayabouly & Nan, Phayao, Chiangrai, etc in Thailand next door.

So many Lao citizens from the north are Lue & so many temples in north Laos are Lue-style (in Phongsaly, Luang Namtha, Sayabouly, Udomxai, LPB, etc).

Citizenship/nationality does not = cultural identity ;) They are merely a reflection of the current political situation & boundaries, & can just change with a war or coup or a new law...whereas culture lasts for a much longer time.

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The reason i asked is that on Thai television, they said that all the prostitution in Thailand are Laos girl.  Is that true?. 

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It is untrue. When they said "Lao girls", means Thai Isan or Eesan people who are Lao by blood.

In fact, the prostitute women come from every part of Thailand. Thailand is famous in this matter.  

I accidently stumble into this blog.  Damm! some of those Laos girls are really hot.  Are they really Laos?.  I heard Laos is the world poorest country in the world.  How come the girls look to dam hot?.

I never dated an Asian or Laos girl before.  They are smoking hot. Not slutty hot like Thai chick.  Just innocent hot.

laopeoplesarmy wrote:

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Those people are Lue of Sipsongbanna, our cousin in the north. They speak a dialect very similar to the people of northern Laos.

It appeared that certain racist element of the Lao Diaspora Community haven't learn their lesson. If they keep up with their xenophobic and bigotry way of thinking, pretty soon there will be no place for them to hide.

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Is that why you don't post here often?

I think its just natural to look at people differently than you and try to associate them with something else that you are familiar with. Laos is a reclusive country, the people only getting things from the outside via TV. I mean, no offense but some of these comments sound like something ignorant Americans would make.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_peoples
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_languages

laopeoplesarmy wrote:

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It appeared that certain racist element of the Lao Diaspora Community haven't learn their lesson. If they keep up with their xenophobic and bigotry way of thinking, pretty soon there will be no place for them to hide.

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Lao in Exile and Lao Citizen share similar opinion:

I see no xenophobia but rather patriotism. Not only Lao in exile or "Lao Diaspora" as you like to refers to us, but also Lao citizen in Laos feel the same way.

Read this link: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4599560

Here is quote #1 :

"The Lao people are not strong so they are afraid the Chinese will come in and expand their numbers and turn our country into China. We will lose our own culture," said Sithong Khamvong, a middle-class Vientiane resident and former Communist Party member."

"Lao journalists would like to write about this but they cannot. There is no protest except in coffee shops — in our 'coffee parliaments,'" Sithong said.

Ironic and hypocrasy of Laos Communist Party:

"Even some aging revolutionaries are critical, saying they fought to keep out the United States and others during the Vietnam War and now are seeing their own government opening the floodgates to foreigners."

Martin Stuart-Fox, an Australian author of books on Laos, says the old generation knew how to balance China's influence and Vietnam's and avoid being crushed between its powerful neighbors.

But this generation has passed, he said in an interview from Australia, and now "it seems to me that the balance is being lost."

Zak wrote:

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Is that why you don't post here often?

I think its just natural to look at people differently than you and try to associate them with something else that you are familiar with. Laos is a reclusive country, the people only getting things from the outside via TV. I mean, no offense but some of these comments sound like something ignorant Americans would make.

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The ignorance and blantant racism of certain members of the Forum has nothing to do with my inclination to post in here. It's more on my ever increasing workloads, educational endeavor and my wife's recent culinary gift. 
LOL

Lanxang,

Racism and Xenophobia is everywhere and it does not respect international  boundary. Yes, it existed in the Lao PDR and within the Party apparatus as well. As you can see that it is a problem that need to be address. The Lao Government are fully aware of it and measures are being taken to educate these individuals.
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Do Laos PDR still have the concentration camps to re-educate Laotion?.
Do they still torture people who dont follow their rules?.

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Do Laos PDR still have the concentration camps to re-educate Laotion?.
Do they still torture people who dont follow their rules?.

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Anonymous,


The Seminar Camp is no longer in operation. The Lao Government has successful consolidated Security throughout the Country and it is now at peace with all of its five neighboring Countries. Laos is currently focusing all of its resources on Economic Development and Poverty Reduction. The goal of the Lao Government is to remove Laos from the Least Developed Nation Status by the year 2020.


P.S.      Quick question for you.  Are you having technical difficulty creating a Screen Name or are you just  paranoid about thing?

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Oh ok.  I understand. They are not all Laos women.  Some came from different part of southeast asia. I'll skip Thailand,too much AIDS/HIV

I think i change my mine, i'm going to Laos.  Will i get arrested in Laos by the communist government? because i left Laos when i was 2 years old?.

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You will get arrest by the USA police of you committed adultery in Laos Thailand and any foreign land kakakak ...crazy ...why would the lao government arrest you ...the person that going to arrest you is the Police if only u committed a crime. Just like in USA if u committed any crime you will be arrested only if u are caughted. so behave whererever you go in this planet world ..I bet the ALien will arrested you also if u in their planet and committed crime....be safe...

and why would afraid of HIV/AID? if you are then u should be dead cuz there aid/hiv in the USA also...as long as u stay away from it ...you b safe !!