Thailand celebrates World's Indigenous Peoples Day

It is participated by 36 ethnic groups including many of those familiar to Burma, a patron to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 13 September 2007: Karen, Khamu, Kachin, Ta-ang (Palaung), Hmong (Miao), Mien, Lisu, Lahu, Akha, Tai Kheun, Tai Leu, Tai Yai (Tai Long), Tai Yon and Mon.

The Festival, “Asserting Indigenous Peoples’ Lifestyle and Rights”, is being held at Suan Chalerm Phrakiat King Rama IX of the Chiangmai Provincial Administrative Organization, on the Chotana Chiangmai-Fang Road.