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The Lao Song (Thai: ???????, IPA: la?so??) are an ethnic group
Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic...
 of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
. The Lao Song are also known as the Tai Song, Lao Song Dam (?????????) or simply as the Song or Song Dam.

Lao Song are descendants of Lao
Lao

Lao or Laotian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Laos, a country in Southeast Asia.* Lao people . For more information, see Demographics of Laos and Culture of Laos....
 peoples from the areas of Tonkin
Tonkin

Tonkin , also spelled Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is the northernmost part of Vietnam, south of China's Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces, east of northern Laos, and west of the Gulf of Tonkin....
 and areas east of Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang, or Louangphrabang , is a city located in north central Laos, on the Mekong River about 425 km north of Vientiane, and the capital of Louangphrabang Province....
 when they were forcibly removed to the areas of Central Thailand today as slaves and corvée
Corvée

Corv?e is labour, often but not always unpaid, that persons in power have authority to compel their subjects to perform, unless commuted in some way, such as by a cash payment; sometimes this was an option of the payer, sometimes of the payee, and sometimes not an option....
 labourers during Siamese annexation during the 18th and 19th centuries.






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The Lao Song (Thai: ???????, IPA: la?so??) are an ethnic group
Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic...
 of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
. The Lao Song are also known as the Tai Song, Lao Song Dam (?????????) or simply as the Song or Song Dam.

History

The Lao Song are descendants of Lao
Lao

Lao or Laotian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Laos, a country in Southeast Asia.* Lao people . For more information, see Demographics of Laos and Culture of Laos....
 peoples from the areas of Tonkin
Tonkin

Tonkin , also spelled Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is the northernmost part of Vietnam, south of China's Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces, east of northern Laos, and west of the Gulf of Tonkin....
 and areas east of Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang, or Louangphrabang , is a city located in north central Laos, on the Mekong River about 425 km north of Vientiane, and the capital of Louangphrabang Province....
 when they were forcibly removed to the areas of Central Thailand today as slaves and corvée
Corvée

Corv?e is labour, often but not always unpaid, that persons in power have authority to compel their subjects to perform, unless commuted in some way, such as by a cash payment; sometimes this was an option of the payer, sometimes of the payee, and sometimes not an option....
 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
Dai

Dai can mean:* Dai people, one of the 56 recognized ethnic minorities of China* Dai , a traditional midwife in India, belonging to a lower caste...
 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
Thaification

Thaification is the process by which regions at the fringe of the Kingdom of Thailand become more similar to the Central Thailand heartland. To an extent this is a natural result of these regions being part of a modern country in which Central Thais occupy a dominant geographical, economic and cultural position....
 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.

Geographic Distribution

There are approximately 34,000 Lao Song spread out over Central Thailand, including Phetchabun
Phetchabun Province

Phetchabun is one of the northern Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Loei Province, Khon Kaen Province, Chaiyaphum Province, Lopburi Province, Nakhon Sawan Province, Phichit Province and Phitsanulok Province....
, Phitsanulok
Phitsanulok Province

Phitsanulok is one of the Provinces of Thailand of Thailand, located in the North of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Loei Province, Phetchabun Province, Phichit Province, Kamphaeng Phet Province, Sukhothai Province, Uttaradit Province....
, Nakhon Sawan
Nakhon Sawan Province

Nakhon Sawan is one of the Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring Provinces are Kamphaeng Phet Province, Phichit Province, Phetchabun Province, Lopburi Province, Sing Buri Province, Chainat Province, Uthai Thani Province and Tak Province....
, Ratchaburi
Ratchaburi Province

Ratchaburi is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Kanchanaburi province, Nakhon Pathom province,...
, Suphan Buri, Kanchanaburi
Kanchanaburi Province

Kanchanaburi is the largest of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Tak Province, Uthai Thani Province, Suphanburi Province, Nakhon Pathom Province and Ratchaburi Province....
, Chumphon
Chumphon Province

Chumphon is one of the southern Provinces of Thailand of Thailand, at the shore of the Gulf of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Surat Thani Province and Ranong Province....
 and Nakhon Pathom
Nakhon Pathom Province

Nakhon Pathom is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Suphan Buri Province, Ayutthaya Province, Nonthaburi Province, Bangkok, Samut Sakhon Province, Ratchaburi Province and Kanchanaburi Province....
 Provinces.

Religion

Although originally they believed in animism
Animism

Animism is a philosophical, religious or spiritual idea that souls or spirits exist not only in humans and animals but also in plants, rock s, natural phenomena such as thunder, geographic features such as mountains or rivers, or other entities of the natural environment, a proposition also known as hylozoism in philosophy....
, most Lao Song are now Theravada Budddhists, but this often co-exists with the older religion.

Economy

  • Crop farming
  • Handirafts