Head-shaving ritual not only marks new life chapter but also symbolises lifelong commitment to chosen partners.

Li Naluo, a talented singer and an ethnic Lahu woman in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, has led locals in realizing their dreams of overcoming poverty and achieving prosperity, through singing and ...

Nestled in the lush mountains of Southwest China's Yunnan province, the small village of Laodabao was once connected to the outside world just by a rugged dirt road. Home to approximately 500 people ...

A hands-on farming day with the Lahu hill tribe offers travellers a unique insight into how remote communities are working towards a more sustainable future. Thailand’s northern hill tribes have long ...

A rise in tourism to rural areas has acted as a catalyst for more rural residents, especially those from non-Han ethnic groups, to embrace their cultural heritage and actively promote their ...

The Kucong, a branch of Lahu and an indigenous ethnic group living in Jinping County, Yunnan Province, China, have a very short history of settled village life (about 40 years). According to the data ...

'They pointed a gun at me," Lana whispers into my ear. It's like a confession after her attempts to tell me fragments of a happy story that sounds like her Lahu community lives in a peaceful haven -- ...

Over 300 villagers from Ban Lao Chee Kuay, led by Lahu community leaders, staged a protest at Mae Chan district office in Chiang Rai over an order to exhume an ancestral grave amid a dispute with the ...

Growing up immersed in this rich cultural environment, Li says she was like any other child in the village. "We learned to sing as soon as we could speak, and dance as soon as we could walk," she says ...