| Hmong are one of the hill tribes that live in | | | | like other hill tribes. Their main occupation is |
| Thailand. There are two major sub groups in | | | | cultivating opium poppy. After a government |
| Thailand namely the White and Blue. These people | | | | initiative, the Hmong have gradually changed their |
| are found mainly in China, Vietnam, Laos and | | | | ways and have started to sell needlework, which |
| Thailand. The Hmong have supposed to have | | | | is exquisitely designed. |
| migrated to Thailand from China and Laos. They | | | | The Hmong people are experts in needlework. |
| settled in the hills of Thailand and carried out their | | | | They make clothes for themselves as well as sell |
| traditional shift cultivation in relative peace and | | | | them. Their clothes are decorated with rich |
| isolation. There are approximately 60,000 Hmong | | | | embroidery work and silver. Each sub group has |
| living in the northeast Thailand. In addition, there | | | | its own way of dressing. The Blue Hmong women |
| are another 50,000 living as refugees in Thailand. | | | | wear rich embroidered clothes with attractive |
| They came in small groups, crossing the Mekong | | | | colors, while the White Hmong women wear black |
| River. Later they moved to the northern province | | | | baggy pants and simple jackets. The Hmong men |
| of Phetchabun and joined their relatives in Ban | | | | produce musical instruments and items of wood. |
| Huay Nam Khao. | | | | They are also skilled as blacksmiths and |
| They live in houses that sit on earth not on stilts | | | | gunsmiths. |