The Karen Hill Tribe The Karen Hill Tribe of northern of northern

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Ethnic minorities Ethnic minorities

(hill tribes) in (hill tribes) in

Northern ThailandNorthern Thailand

There are a There are a total of total of 250,000 250,000 Karen people Karen people living inside living inside the borders of the borders of Thailand. Thailand.

The Karen is The Karen is a much a much bigger tribe in bigger tribe in Burma where Burma where they number they number up to 4 up to 4 million. million.

The Karen are believed to be The Karen are believed to be the most assimilated of the the most assimilated of the hill tries into mainstream Thai hill tries into mainstream Thai society and as such it’s often society and as such it’s often difficult to tell them apart from difficult to tell them apart from other ordinary Thais.  other ordinary Thais. 

The Karen tribe are by and The Karen tribe are by and large Buddhists; however, large Buddhists; however, there has been a steady there has been a steady increase in conversions to increase in conversions to Christianity in recent years Christianity in recent years due to missionary activities. due to missionary activities.

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