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The Yao or Mien are the most 'Chinese' of the minorities.
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Friday17 April 2552 22:24 1501 reads 42 replies
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 The Mien, or Yao as they are commonly know, probably migrated from southern coastal China in South East Asia about six hundred years ago. Legend says they arrived by sea first to Hainan, then to Vietnam and Laos and more recently into Thailand. Many fled the communists in Laos in the 1970's and, together with the Hmong, they were interred in refugee camps and a large number were accepted as immigrants into U.S.A.
The Mien are a homogenous minority living mostly in the Mae Chan area of Chiangrai province in northern Thailand. They are the only minority that has a tradition of writing, using Chinese script to record rituals, family records and contracts. Nowadays it is only the old men who can still read Chinese but the new generation are literate in Thai. They are good farmers and traders growing tea, coffee, fruit and vegetables for market. They have never been opium poppy growers. The Mien or Yao can be instantly idenfied by their costume. The women wear loose fitting, ankle length, pants heavily embroidered with cross stitch; their tunic is bordered with a red ruff and fastened with rectangular silver buckles. They also were a large turban the ends of which are also embroidered. Like the Lisu and the Hmong they celebrate Chinese new year with three days of feasting and merriment. Their religion is ancient Chinese Taoism and the ceremonies are performed by a priest assisted by a shaman, the gods are displayed in a pantheon of paintings, which are displayed during the most important rituals.
A desire for order guides the Miens life. Politeness to ones fellows, adjust to local customs and laws, conduct all rituals and ceremonies properly and in accordance with the traditions, and balance the spiritual and the real worlds. Harmony, within whichever society they are living, will ensure a good life.
Other topics are in Hill Tribes Category
 The Lawa or Lua
Other minorities
The long necked Karen.
The Lahu / Muser
The Hmong
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