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Northeast of the museums complex its rebuilt a original Thai village as the ethic group Lao Song in Thailand are living. This people also called Songdam, they have their own tradition to build houses and villages. The following pictures show the amazing style they still contract their premises in northeast of Thailand in Isaan. Enjoy a look to this samples.

The unique characteristic of Lao Song custom can be seen from their traditional houses. The original dwellings of Lao Song were acquired from the village of Lao Song in Sa Yai Som, Suphan Buri Province.

Pillars and beams of the structure are made of wood. Used to help support the beams, the wooden pillars are forked so they can fit into the beams. The floor and the walls, how ev er, are built of bamboo.

The house is roofed with long grass tied together by vine or rattan (calamus). The whole struc ture is secured together without using a single nail.

I feel sorry for no posting photos from the Songdam people, but we are in a museum showing the exhibition of their villages. In other albums I already posted some photos from the people also called the Tai Dam or Tai Song. Once I met two Tai Dam students in Munich university studying political economy. But after their study they met Germans and remain in Germany for the rest for their life. WHATS A PITY! The Lao Song are descendants of Lao peoples from the areas of Tonkin and areas east of Luang Prabang when they were forcibly removed to the areas of Central Thailand today as slaves and corvée labourers during Siamese annexation during the 18th and 19th centuries. Most were members of the Tai Dam ethnic group (counted by the Chinese government as members of the Dai ethnic group) and the traditional dress, language, and culture is remarkable as a preservation of Tai Dam culture in the heart of Central Thailand and Thaification policies. The Lao Song were used as guards for the royal courts and to help control the powerful Chinese minority, which explains their widespread distribution.