A White Lahu (Lahu Hpu) father holds his child along with two young sons in Houa Kong Province

Photographer

Sage, William

Date

• January 1973

Summary

• A White Lahu (Lahu Hpu) father holds his child while his two young sons stand at his side in one of the White Lahu villages south and west of Muang Meung (PC 5292, LS-93) in Houa Kong Province. Behind them rice storage sheds are being built from bamboo and thatch. A USAID Ban Houei Sai team visited the village on a road and agriculture survey. The expedition took three days, over a 42 km/25.2 mile distance, beginning in Muang Meung and ending at the Yao village of Na Kong (PC 2860).