A Contact with 5 Outback Tribes in Southeast Asia

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Aladiners, exploring the countries in Southeast Asia is fun, you know. In addition to cheap, you can also recognize a variety of cultures that actually have many similarities with Indonesian culture. If shopping in Bangkok, playing water in Boracay, or admiring the beauty of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap is too common for you, why not try to visit the inland tribes in neighboring countries? Mister Aladin has 5 inland tribal recommendations that you can go to, ya!

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No, this is not a tribe in North Sumatra. Batak in the Palawan dialect, where the tribe lives, means "mountain". They are an endangered rural tribe that inhabited the Philippines since 50,000 years ago.

1. Batak tribe in the Philippines

For their same acquaintance, you can take a plane for 65 minutes or take a ferry from Manila to Palawan Island. After that, you can take a bus for 3 hours and walk down the river to get to the friendly tribal settlement with foreign tourists.

2. Tribe Akha in Thailand

These inland tribes live in the mountainous regions of Thailand and were originally from the plains of China. To play there, immediately wrote pesen flight tickets Jakarta - Chiang Rai. Got there, you still have to drive in a few hours to arrive at the village of Baan Huay Kee Lek, where they live.

Remember, walk with a local guide is obligatory, so you can better understand their culture and more easily mingle. One day less? You can nginep with them for a few days, really!

3. Kayan tribe in Myanmar

One thing that is typical of the Kayan Tribe is the women who wear a pile of necklaces to lengthen their necks since childhood. The number of necklaces will be added as you get older. The longer the neck, the more beautiful. Once the necklace is released, most of them can not even support their own neck. Poor, yes Aladiners.

Women Kayan tribe famous for sculpturing and weaving, so there is nothing wrong you buy their work as a form of appreciation. Want to meet them? After flying from Jakarta to Yangon, you have to take the train to Taungoo and take the bus to Loikaw. A bit far, anyway, but worth a try!

4. Hmong tribe in Vietnam

They're pretty used to dealing with tourists, so you do not have to hesitate to get them. They can even be fun guides and good at English.

1. Baduy Tribe in Indonesia

As an Indonesian citizen, do not let you not visit the tribe who live in the interior of this Banten forest. From Jakarta, their village can be reached by train and angkot for a few hours aja, kok!

Baduy tribe is divided into two, Baduy inside and outside. The outsiders of Baduy already adapt to modern culture, while in the deep Baduy, turn on the electricity, eat with glass plates, to take pictures are forbidden! In addition, among the five tribes mentioned in this paper, they are the only tribe that refuses the arrival of strangers, you know.