Lisu tribes of Thailand
February 9, 2010 - Posted in Thailand Tour Articles
Lisu are one of the tribal groups living in Thailand, and there are about 27,900 Lisu living in 135 villages of northern Thailand. The Lisu tribe of origin in China and moved to Thailand some time in the 20th Century. They grow rice and vegetables.
Previous cultivation of opium poppy and the former, but after a government initiative that started selling Lisu handicrafts, villages in the area. The villages they live, are in the vicinity of the villageMarket and thus earn more by selling their goods.
Lisu live in houses made of bamboo. Each house has an ancestral altar. They are animists and believe strongly in ghosts. Perform rituals and ceremonies for their ancestors, spirits of the forest, trees, sun, moon, and objects of everyday use. They also believe in guardian spirits village. Women are not allowed in the sanctuaries guardian spirit. Despite the modern appearance of some of their villages with electricity, television andCase Forklifts lead the Lisu live very traditional.
Their traditional dress is more colorful than other strains. Lisu women's clothes for her family. The clothing is mostly hand-woven by hand. Not only the life that is leading them, traditionally, wearing traditional costumes. The women wear colorful costumes, made of blue or green colored knee-length skirts with a wide belt and black pants blue or green. Sleeves, shoulders and cuffsheavily embroidered with thin horizontal stripes in blue, red and yellow. They carry large amounts of handmade silver jewelry for special occasions. Lisu men produce crossbows, add to musical instruments, traps for birds and animals as their income.