Lao PDR - Rural life - Portrait of a young Yumbri boy smoking a cigarette at the groups camp in the forests of the Nam Poui NPA (National Protected Area)

A young Yumbri ethnic minority boy smoking a cigarette 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 and live in temporary shelters made from bamboo and leaves. 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 young smoking cigarette hunter gatherer nomadic tribe nomad nomads camp Nam Poui Pouy NPA National Protected Area
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A young Yumbri ethnic minority boy smoking a cigarette 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 and live in temporary shelters made from bamboo and leaves. They are Laos' smallest ethnic group with estimates of the numbers of Yumbri remaining varying between 21 and 30 individuals.