Lao PDR - Rural life - An elderly Yumbri couple sitting in their camp in the forests of the Nam Poui NPA (National Protected Area)

An elderly Yumbri ethnic minority couple sitting at their camp in the forests of the Nam Poui NPA (National Protected Area), Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The Yumbri otherwise known as Yellow Leaves, Tong Luang or Mlabri are the last remaining hunter-gatherer Austroasiatic-speaking community living in the primary forests and river basins of the Nam Poui region in Sayaboury province. They migrate by group in the forest seeking edible natural resources. They are Laos' smallest ethnic group with estimates of the numbers of Yumbri remaining varying between 21 and 30 individuals.

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Image Size: 4000x2999 / 1.4MB; Asia Bunney Laos Sayabouly Sayaboury Southeast Tessa Xayabouly Xayaboury Yumbri ethnic minority family Mlabri Mrabri Austro-Asiatic Mon-Khmer yellow leaves Tong Luang elderly old couple man woman hunter gatherer nomadic tribe nomad nomads family camp Nam Poui Pouy NPA National Protected Area
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An elderly Yumbri ethnic minority couple sitting at their camp in the forests of the Nam Poui NPA (National Protected Area), Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The Yumbri otherwise known as Yellow Leaves, Tong Luang or Mlabri are the last remaining hunter-gatherer Austroasiatic-speaking community living in the primary forests and river basins of the Nam Poui region in Sayaboury province. They migrate by group in the forest seeking edible natural resources. They are Laos' smallest ethnic group with estimates of the numbers of Yumbri remaining varying between 21 and 30 individuals.