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Meeting the Hmong

Posted on 06. Feb, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

The black-haired tribesman in the tasselled skullcap was intent on selling me his wooden crossbow. “Special deal for you. Only 600 baht,” he announced, brandishing the weapon in my face. When I failed to display the expected enthusiasm, he increased the advertising pressure. “Kill squirrel! Kill bird! Kill anything!” It was certainly not your ordinary sales pitch, [...]

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