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Lao PDR - Rural life - Portrait of a Yumbri ethnic minority boy and his new radio in Sayaboury province

Portrait of a Yumbri ethnic minority boy and his new radio in Ban Na Kong village, 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 however these days they have a close relationship with villages on the edge of the Nam Poui forest where they trade forest products for their daily necessities. They are Laos' smallest ethnic group with estimates of the numbers of Yumbri remaining varying between 21 and 30 individuals.

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Portrait of a Yumbri ethnic minority boy and his new radio in Ban Na Kong village, 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 however these days they have a close relationship with villages on the edge of the Nam Poui forest where they trade forest products for their daily necessities. They are Laos' smallest ethnic group with estimates of the numbers of Yumbri remaining varying between 21 and 30 individuals.
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