Trip to the Institute of Tropical Botany
at Xishuangbanna Yunnan

19. Dai Family

During the Cultural Revolution the Dai voted with their feet and slipped across the border to join their fellow Dai who are sprinkled throughout Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. Not only the Dai but also most of the other minorities in this area display a nonchalant disregard for borders and authority in general.