Searching the jungle for the Long Neck Tribe of Thailand
deep inside the jungle lies a tribe that is like no other the kin people are a tribal group who lived in the hills of Myanmar and have since migrated to the northern part of Thailand they are often referred to as the long neck tribe and today we are going to hire a boat to take us to their Village and see what life is actually like for them good morning good morning and welcome to the boat landing here in Northern Thailand we are right on the border of Myanmar and Thailand we've got the man the myth of Legend Mr candy we're ready to go oh yeah we're ready to get some long necks not I'm not talking about beer oh yeah not talking about beard we're talking about the real long necks in real life we're going to be taking a 20-minute boat ride to get over there they have these little like tiny long boats that you can rent for about 800 bot per person right down here here and I think they take you 20 minutes down stream it and then they wait for you and then on the way back they give you a 25-minute ride back up obviously going Upstream takes a bit longer so we're going to take that to get down and we're going to experience a culture that I have never seen in my life but I'm very excited because it is a one-of a kind and you're going to see very soon why that is 800 for the boat and then per person it's another 250 bots so 250 to get five of us on a boat over to the long Village so let's do this we are hopping on these boats right herey Cup this one right down here okay okay we've got a special Adventure we've got my dad my stepmom the dudman the studman and the Ambassador fiance right here so here we go copcn cop all right and we're hopping on we are doing it oh holy moly this thing shakes just a little bit there's only one way to get there and that's on this little rickety boat there let's do this but we're going straight Downstream right now seems like it's a pretty shallow River but what a beautiful time to be going it is 9:20 a.m. so you get that Morning Mist coming in right over the mountains right there look at that just truly mystical all along here we've got where it looks like the locals kind of do up their long long boats here and work inside of the villages so that's a pretty interesting uh way of life to be up here and experiencing it we are only a few kilomet or miles depending on where you're from from the Myanmar or previously called Burma border so it's pretty cool this Village we're going to is actually a Melting Pot of cultures because actually the long neck people that we're going to see are originally from Myanmar but a lot of them migrated across the border into Thailand and so there's kind of this cross culture that they have now anything for the shot look at this we got hurt getting the content right there looks like the old man's fishing up there but he's catching some content we're doing a time lapse oh s getting that good content first time going to the long neck Village done man yes sir oh yeah oh yeah oh can we push her in I know you want to get rid of me all right Man Overboard send her over sacrifice her to the Gators in here I'm just kidding I don't think there's any Gators but it was such a peaceful boat ride early in the morning through this lush green forest and all I was thinking about was what were some of the questions I wanted to ask the tribe about their way of life being up here in the mountains is an amazing temperature because during the middle of the day it's like nice and hot good pool weather but in the mornings evenings and later evenings you've got this nice sweatshirt and pants weather where it's just perfect temperature now it looks like we're going to be going down some serious Rapids here hold on to your bumps holy moly we're hitting the rapid rabit dude oh yeah had to build a little suspense it was actually quite a chill little drop what goes down must come up so this is the uh River we're going to be going up and down on our way back but this is so cool these are like one of those places you must go in Thailand everyone goes to Bangkok everyone goes to cop everyone goes to Koso everyone goes to Copan but who comes up here to the Myanmar Thailand border to experience the long neck tribe which is I haven't even mentioned pronounced parin tribe which is spelled like Karen K a r n but they don't have the same Vibe as the Karens in the US looks like right along here we've got some small little tiny homes it's hard to tell if those are people homes or if those are spots you can stable all right here we go we got the rabbits incoming dude holy moly and we are searching the jungk so far no signs of a local tribe here but I think we're getting closer soz we're maybe 15 minutes into the boat ride it does get a little chilly as you can see we've got Goosebumps all along there so if you're going bright and early and you're coming out here to search for the long neck tribe the cotton tribe make sure to bring some pants like this all right L Hoy it looks like we're going to be arriving right now we've spotted other tourists so it looks like we're not the only one to be searching today and we're docking up right here 3 2 one L and aoy AO copcn cop we have made it we have made it look at this what a cool place Copco cop cop bye bye all right the captain has dropped us we are I guess heading on our own so let's head on inside and see where the long neck truck is so right up here we have the long neck Village map so we're right here we just got off the boat and we're going to venture deep inside of the village here meet some locals I've heard things like they are well known for their um jewelry clothing craftsmanship so we're going to venture somewhere deep inside meet them probably chat with some locals if we can find some that speak English and explore this place so here we are Kion I guess I was wrong I guess it's not spelled Karen Kion long neck Village right here Sika oh very nice so that was our first look at one of the locals here seems like right when you walk into the village you get to see a lot of their craftsmanship some great representations of their culture what's your name mulai mulai m nice to meet you mulai mulai welcomed us into her shop and showed how she hand makes each and every scarf while simultaneously talking to new customers walking by Al so she's making these right here which is a very nice styled scarf and as you can see it looks like she is spinning the yarn there to get it ready how long have you been wearing yeah how years 5 years and you've been wearing years and never take it off okay hard to sleep or easy get used to it can I feel it yeah look at this so this is like 2 kilos and this would be a pretty small neck this would maybe go around Mel's neck yeah I mean we're talking maybe then you can put it around three four lb 1 and 1 12 kilos and they're a little they're almost like springy go get together there's a common misconception that these actually stretch out the neck but what I've been told is that they don't actually stretch out the neck they do is they push down on the collar bone which then makes it seem like the neck is longer but it's not actually raising your neck like most people think I love looking good like that all right sweet if only it could make me taller yeah there you go ready for a house yeah look at this these are very nice yeah this is cool right there what does that look like yeah this one 200 200 this is very beautiful we would like toy buy one please CN cop Jam J all cupcorn cop thank you I don't know we got ourselves our first souvenir because this is one of the most unique places and cultures that I've experienced I figured we got to take one of these souvenirs with us and look at how this works so there is multiple pieces here it looks like she's stitching the scarf how long to make two days to make one scarf wow very nice oh that's cool so it takes two days to complete these exotic scarfs they have right here and we've got quite a few Thailand flag uh Thailand Thailand flag okay how much 100 Buck 100 Buck okay very nice what we were told before coming here is the best way to support the local tribe here is to buy some of their um crafts and given this takes two full days this is how much time she's investing on making this this is something I want to probably take with me but as you look closely it looks like she is basically running that through using the piece of wood to slide that down and that's what's making the cross knitted part right there cupcorn cup C cupc cup take this one yeah okay oh perfect copcn cup all right we got ourselves a nice looking good oh saai saai saai saai means chilling chilling one thing is as I was walking through I just looked up here and look at this roof we've got a metal roof right here and then they're actually using the larger leaves to give this the rain covering and so that is super exotic but yeah the cool part about this Village you can tell that seems like everything in here almost everything comes from the forest surrounding them you know these are huge log stumps that are made into the tables we've got chickens running around right here and we're just in the middle of the jungle Hello cop cup so yeah many people now have come to experience what the long neck tribe is like so they rely now from what I understand in Thailand on tourism and uh that's how they make their money that's how they generate their income through some of these scars through some of these trinkets they sell here and so I believe a lot of them when they first came and immigrated to Thailand they were coming from Myanmar and so not all of them from what I understand are even legal in the country so it actually limits them to things like not being able to have health care some of the education systems so there have been some struggles in integrating the tribe as somewhat refugees into the local culture here now I'm sure that's evolved and it's moving in a great Direction over time because it's just such a big part of Thailand's tourism these days but it goes to show you that it truly is its own sub culture here in Thailand of course being this close to Myanmar you really do get that hybrid of cultures I was quite surprised to hear that girls begin wearing the gold rings at age five and so I wanted to make sure that I heard that correctly from the previous woman so I also asked her at what age do women start wearing when they're F how old 5 years old 5 years old 5 years old and they never take it off their whole life yeah never wow how many people are live in your village 220 people 220 people is this you as a child my daughter oh your daughter oh she looks just like you but now she go to the school oh we've even got long neck bottle openers for a long neck dad sweet oh made from the same metal yeah and how much is this one 150 150 oh that sounds like a great price we might have to get ourselves a nice little long neck long neck opener as you can see the different types of jewelry she just purchased this one right there and this look really nice the bottle opener copc corn cop popcorn cop so we got breakfast right here a nice set of cabbage just sitting here right on a similar material that's used for the roof SM that yeah it kind of reminds me of being in Germany like sauerkraut maybe uhhuh yeah it does have that scent not too bad what do you think of this place I think it's tripping man pretty sweet yeah so as we're walking through the village it's really uh so colorful I mean right in the center when you're deciding if you're going left or right at the fork we've got these beautiful flowers let's give them a smell it's a very peaceful place because since we're outside of like the main city areas you just really get that true feeling of the village life and walking through here you you really feel like the happiness and excitement of the culture and you know how much their Traditions mean to them so hello s oh wow and look at this heavy making a scarf it was fascinating to watch her work because the gold rings actually act almost like a neck brace so you don't have as much movement but I guess you get used to it after time all right we got our first there oh the bracelet right there right how much for this one this 100 B 100 all right 100 B do we have sorry you don't happen to have change do you no change no change oh you have some small money I I already spent all my small money oh yeah so this is so nice she's actually going with the 1,000 Bill to uh go and exchange it for me so yeah you can just tell like how nice the people are I mean she just left me in charge of her whole shop like that's uh really nice like it she made me feel trusted that's a really nice thing uh cuz essentially I was trying to buy that ring here but um I didn't have any change cuz I've already bought a few items while going through but just look at this this is quite interesting when you see how they make these scarves and they are all really exotic and unique a really soft feeling cupcorn cup thank you thank you so we're making it farther up in the village here we've got the uh Village locals there s so it looks like they're probably under 5 years old right three 2 3 years old five oh five years old yes she is just three oh three uh 5 years old is usually when they start wearing the neck piece yeah it depend on the parents oh and the parents yeah cupon cup so it sounds like traditionally around the age of five is when they would start wearing the the neck pieces but it depends on the parents assuming that that might have been her mom she didn't have the neck piece so that would be maybe the decision of the parents whether or not they still want to wear them when they get older oh oo so by so by all right so we're a little bit outside of the main kind of uh market area where of course we had to start out with buying a couple things and here we've got the education center so let's take a cruise up here and see it does not seem like any schools going on at the moment but this is what it looks like in here this is cool so we've got a dryer race board it looks like that's where they do all their uh teaching from this side of the room as well as they've got some photos right up there obviously it's hard for me to explain cuz there's no one up here to uh share with me how the whole process works but it looks similar to what I'm familiar with in school I'm guessing that is the Thai alphabet and they have photos to kind of go along with the alphabet and I believe this would be more of the school area based on the benches in here oh yeah wouldn't want to have too many people in here reminds you of your old barn Dad hi and here we go Bal that means hello T bahaa so I believe the uh language here is quite different from taen is the first ethnic settling down in h po King they also majority of the village most people know them as long neck cotton due to every women in this tribe traditionally wears brass rings around her neck knees and ankles especially the rings on her neck knees and ankles especially the rings on the neck that would make everyone look like a long neck woman and there's the examples here the little guy this the same oh wow it's twisted you made this yeah just from no I this not from bur Burma oh good the tribe is from Burma uhhuh the the long neck tribe from yeah yeah yeah yeah also many many uh long neck people in B in Burma yeah near the border no far away far away okay that nice oh yeah that's fantastic popcorn cup thank you so much oh we can do a little game here 20 B all right 20 Bott right here want to go head tohe go ahead go ahead no I got 20 with your name no no no I'll just watch got the ti one that's cool we're doing fullon crossbow right now I want to go head see my dad's still a killer no no no go ahead go ahead then you're you're going against me Mula we're at the long night Fair very nice so we're going to load this bad boy up right here p back and lay this just like this yeah first one's going to be a little test the stick is not fully straight one two hey my not bad not bad we hit the board all right do round two look at it now I see why my dad doesn't want to go against me yeah right he's worried to lose that's right all right here we go now we know that if we aim a little lower it's actually quite spoton so all right we're getting a little closer dude dude how do he do that all right now we're going to go for the bullseye all right Best For Last right a that was a do a don't take it personally yeah take them Mulligan bring me the money cin oh that went straight through let's go baby look at that look at that all right look at that we went straight through but we hit right there so almost a bullseye I'd say not too bad copor cob build it bro uhhuh one question I was going to ask you so where do all the men work yeah um most of the men in this Village they going to the Jungle uh going to where jungle H like my my my father he is walking like a a go vegetable very nice yes yeah yeah very nice but but this man uh he wake up early 3:00 a.m. so going to the uh M on to col the Le like Le okay to build the roofs you want to see my father now she making the Lea yeah oh right now yeah that'd be really cool copcn cup imagine that every morning the men in the village are getting up at 300 a.m. to start their day going deep into the forest to either do some collection of food or in this case sa oh wow this is the workshop eh my men cupcorn cup wow and so here it looks like he's taking big knife right there and wow look at that slicing it right in half and his the knife gets so close to his hand but he's just so used to it that he does it with perfection and this is used to make the roof yes roof yes oh okay so right here look at this we have the stitch together leaves all right there this mod this one oo and how long does this take to make one full basket um just one day one day wow and this can do one full roof yeah all full roof and you need to change the roof often after a three years fall one oh okay three years at last wow so look at that these leaves are so thick that they they last a full 3 years to take care of the roof and they're ultimately stitched together with these thin pieces that are being stitched together by her mother here they're actually taking those pieces to connect the leaves so that is fascinating wow thank you so much Copco cop thank you so much that's really nice to see thank you thank you so much Copco cup sometimes Best For Less to see you know to get outside of the main village area and see down how some of the locals are spending their days and over here and look at that it just clears it out she gets the last ones off of their fingers that's just almost like a rolling pin with a bunch of nails and that pulls it right off so efficiently I mean it's maybe 20 seconds of spinning that thing and that's amazing that is amazing dude how do they do that it is time to uh cool down sorry perception 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cheers to a little cup of joe out here in the village our good man has just surprised us with a nice set of donuts right here oh yeah you are like the rule breakout with us with you can't be rud and is that Duncan or is that long neck Village I don't know the difference is delish though good thank you mhm what was your most surprising thing about this place dad thought it'd be bigger I as well I as well cubby mine was the beautiful women yeah yeah absolutely the neck which is very obvious but I like um it's very it's something I've never seen before I think if you got one with you itd match your earrings quite nicely oh yeah and my um oh and the bracelet all right sweet and I will say for me the one thing that was most unexpected cuz I had a pretty good idea of the long necks cuz I did do some reading before and my brother had been here quite a few years ago so I was kind of expecting same as my dad I expected it to be a little bit bigger but one thing I was surprised by there wasn't anyone who tried to give us like a really expensive price probably a thae local might pay 30 40% less drop a comment below if I'm completely off but yeah I would say most of the things were like quite a reasonable price I mean this was made by the same material from their neck um both of these pieces of jewelry were 100 bots so we're talking $2.80 with no negotiations and these were the last moments in the village it was a much quicker trip to the Village than I would have imagined as it was only about 200 people inside the village so there's only so much you can explore but we loved it anyways and now it's time to head back to the boat long neck Village it's been fun until next time and we are now getting back to the boat to bring us back oh yeah we made it on All Aboard forward March forward oh yeah so now we're heading back Upstream we've got about 25 minutes we're going to be hitting some Wild Rapids but we're going to give you a shorter Tour on the way back because you've already seen the river let's do this pretty crazy in this boat I mean the water is shallow you can see the Rocks popping right up and we're just cruising oh yeah the boats boat's tripping a little bit getting up this the wind is pulling Us close to here but it looks like we have made it Forward March for Mar there is no feeling equivalent to the moments when you are with people you love in a place you never imagined you would be experiencing things you never knew even existed this is exactly how I was feeling on the boat ride back grateful for the moments to explore with part of my family while also meeting some amazing members of the tribe overall visiting the Karan tribe was much different than I had imagined for many reasons like finding out that most of these women had been wearing the rings on their neck since they were only 5 years old and also how the husbands got up every morning at 3:00 a.m. working hard going out into the jungle
a life that is so different from where I come from but in such a beautiful way to experience their way of life and the happiness and the way they see the world what I took away from it all though was the kindheartedness we experienced with each and every person we met they welcomed us in their Village and their homes and they even gifted us some donuts during coffee thank you to the tribe and this experience we will definitely be back one day all right we have made it all right Copco cop capan that's all right Lao we have made it back that was pretty awesome I must say that was an incredible day exploring with my family and the kin tribe as I mentioned throughout this video and so we've got a lot of other content coming out here in Thailand one thing I want to mention like I said earlier in the video we have my new clothing line which is perception that's one way you can support this channel cuz this video has no sponsors and the links down in the description below we're giving 20% off for our recent launch sale so it would be amazing if you guys can check it out it supports my identity of changing perceptions of the world one country at a time and cultures like today with the curan tribe bringing us all closer together in this world that seems so different yet it's much more similar than we all would have ever expected so I want to also mention if you guys know where I'm at we've got videos coming out here too so hit that subscribe button so you don't miss out cuz the content out here in cop is pretty amazing so thank you guys so much for watching we will see you in the next video
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