Role of Women

Interesting to note how the early Tai's social environment with their underlying animistic folk beliefs led to a favourable view on the status of women, certainly by contrast with the inferior view of women among their Chinese and Indian neighbours. Because of the Tai expansion into unchartered regions, establishing village life meant that everyone in …

A Folk Memory

This is a folk story of the early Tai expansion that gives important insight into understanding the Tai worldview on creation and history. A folk memory of this early Tai expansion is conveyed by origin legends like the Khun Borom story tolad by the Lao. According to this story, early in the earth's history humankind …