sounds of Thailand Thai hill tribes languages

Akha
a discussion	a group of women discussing before they sing	429KB

Hmong
chat	two girls who sell noodles from a roadside stall	497KB
New Year	two men are chatting while the rockets are fired into the air in celebration	796KB

Kachin
getting ready for a dance	a group of dancers try and sort themselves out	536KB

Karen
getting ready to sing	two musicians sort out what they are going to sing	642KB

Kayah
getting ready to play	a group of musicians sort out what they are going to play	979KB

Kayaw
getting ready to sing	a group of women sort out what they are going to sing	408KB

Khamu
before a teum	a group of animated villagers sit round the communal pot of whisky	1MB

Kokangese
chatting	a group of musicians relax after playing	1.5MB

Lahu
a spirit calling ceremony	a shaman conducts the ceremony with the occasional interruption	1.2MB
conversation	before singing	660KB

Lisu
phone conversation	Pha Aw talking to his brother	376KB
explanation	Pha Aw explaining what a song is about	524KB
prayer	a man offers prayers to the ancestors accompanied by domestic noises	2.1MB
New Year jollity	animated talk amongst a group of revelers	1.2MB
a spirit house building ceremony	a shaman conducts the ceremony against a background of conversation	1.2MB

Mlabri
before the song	the leader organises the musicians	320KB

Padaung
child crying	a mother tries to pacify her child before singing	504KB
discussing what to sing	three singers agree on what to sing	931KB

Pa O
whispered conversation	a group of singers sort things out during their song	787KB