Pictures of village life

Images of village life taken by Rhett Ayers Butler. Last updated: January 2, 2023.

Lanten girl in traditional dress

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Hmomg girls waiting to play pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

Litle boy near rice field

Children in a Luang Namtha village

Hmong girl eating a banana

Woman in Luang Namtha village

Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village

Boy preparing to go spearfishing

Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village

Hmong girl in traditional clothes chatting on her mobile phone

Girl waiting for boys to play pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship game among the Hill tribes in Laos

Pig in a wooden stock - punishment for going were it wasn't allowed

Children playing a traditional Lao top spinning game

Lao children in a Luang Namtha village

Preparing riverweed for drying

Villagers collecting riverweek in the Nam Tha River

Hmong girl dressed up for a traditional courtship game

Hog being punished for going were it wasn't allowed

Village on the Nam Tha river

Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Lanten girl in traditional garb

Weaving in Nam Gneane Cultural Village

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

Hmong children in Laos

Woman collecting riverweed

Hmong child in dragon jacket

Hmong girl dressed up for a customary courtship game

Boy pushing a hoop with a stick

Girl waiting for boys to play pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship game among the Hill tribes in Laos

Boy pushing a hoop with a stick

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Children playing a traditional Lao top spinning game

Deforestation in Laos

Kids playing a traditional top spinning game

Hen mother pig piglets

Little girl jump-roping in a Luang Namtha village

Kids playing a top spinning game

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Hmong woman with child

Hmong girls eating bananas

Hut along the Nam Tha River

Girls preparing to play pov pob a traditional Hmong courtship game

Girls preparing to play pov pob a traditional Hmong courtship game

Lao children in a Luang Namtha village

Little girl in a Lao village

Lao children in a Luang Namtha village

Woman in Luang Namtha village

Lao children in a Luang Namtha village

Girls preparing to play pov pob with the boys

Hmong child in dragon jacket

Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village

Hmong woman with child

Hmong children in Laos

Boy pushing a bicycle tire down a road with a stick

Hmong mother weaving straw thatch

Hmong boy with slingshot

Hmong girl waiting for boys to play pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

Preparing riverweed for drying

Hmong girl in traditional clothes texting on a mobile phone

Lao children in a Luang Namtha village

Kids playing a top spinning game

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Malagasy villagers [madagascar_nosy_komba_0055]

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Children playing a top spinning game

Homg girls playing Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

Farmer plowing a rice field

Farmer plowing a rice field

Hmong girls eating bananas

Man collecting riverweek in the Nam Tha River

Hmong woman with child

Hmong children in Laos

Boy pushing a bicycle tire down a road with a stick

Man smoking a hand-rolled tobacco cigarette

Hmong children in Laos

Nam Gneane temple

Kids playing a traditional top spinning game in Laos

Hmong girl in traditional clothes texting on a mobile phone

Hmong child in dragon jacket

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Boys playing in the Nam Tha River

Household possessions stored under a Lao house

Man collecting riverweek in the Nam Tha River

Hmong girl eating a banana

View over Nam Gneane village

Kids playing a top spinning game in Laos

Ruins of old Nam Gneane temple

Hmong girl in traditional apparel talking on a mobile phone while participating in a traditional courtship game

Drinking Lao fermented alcoholic beverage

Waiting for the boys to play pov pob

Little girl in a Lao village

Hut near a rice field

Hmong girl in traditional garb talking on a mobile phone

Nam Gneane Cultural Village

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Boy pushing a bicycle tire down a road with a stick

Children playing a traditional top spinning game in Laos

Monk on the Nam Tha river

Puppies watching a chicken

World map in Lao

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Forest cleared for rubber plantation

Man smoking a hand-rolled tobacco cigarette

Boys playing in the Nam Tha River

Man poling a raft up the Nam Tha River

Woman walking on a road in Laos

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Boy pushing a hoop with a stick

Hmong child in dragon jacket

Chopping ginger root

Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village

Girl waiting for boys to play pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship game among the Hmong in Laos

Hmong children in Laos

Woman weaving in a Lao village

Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village

Weaving in Nam Gneane Cultural Village

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

Silkworm poop used for tea

Village on the Nam Tha river

Hmong children in Laos

Malagasy villagers

Nam Gneane temple

Hmong children in Laos

Man poling a raft up the Nam Tha River

Woman collecting riverweed

Homg girls playing Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

Homg girls playing Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

Hmong girl in traditional apparel texting on a mobile phone

Sanam amid a new rubber plantation

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Hmong children in Laos

Hmong woman with child

Kids playing a traditional top spinning game

Children playing a top spinning game

Nam Gneane Cultural Village sign

Man selling household goods in a Hmong village

Hmong girl in traditional garb talking on a cell phone

Hmong children in Laos

Man working rice fields in Luang Namtha

Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village

Man collecting riverweek in the Nam Tha River

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Hmong boy with slingshot

Nam Gneane temple rising rom a forested hill

Monks on a bridge using cell phones

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

Hmong girl in traditional apparel talking on a mobile while participating in a traditional courtship ritual

Hen mother pig piglets

Children playing a top spinning game in Laos

Hmong girl eating a banana

Man smoking a hand-rolled tobacco cigarette

Hmong girl in traditional apparel talking on a mobile phone while playing pov pob

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Forest along the Nam Tha river

Nam Gneane temple rising rom a forested hill

Preparing river weed for drying

Hmomg girls waiting to play pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

Hmong child in dragon jacket

Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village

Boy pushing a tire with a stick

Hmong children in Laos

Boy with mask and spear in hand to go spear-fishing

Household possessions stored under a Lao house

Homes along the Nam Tha River

Cattle grazing on pasture in Laos

Women weaving in a Lao village

Sanam amid cleared forest and a new rubber plantation

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Villagers collecting riverweek in the Nam Tha River

Hmong children in Laos

Hmong boy with slingshot

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Lanten girl in traditional outfit

Boys playing in the Nam Tha River

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

Villagers collecting riverweek in the Nam Tha River

Weaving in Nam Gneane Cultural Village

Deforestation in Laos

Boys playing in the Nam Tha River

Man collecting from the Nam Tha River

Preparing riverweed for drying

Worm poop used for tea

Hmong child in dragon jacket

Pov pob a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

Canoe on the Nam tha river

Litle boy near rice field

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