Mysterious Lincang 3: Meet the Dai people

In this 3-part series, Travelogue presenter Gareth Edwards heads to China’s southwest to explore the subtropical prefecture of Lincang straddling the Tropic of Cancer. In this final episode, Gareth learns the way of the Dai people, whose men are tattooed warriors turned Buddhist monks, and whose women are as graceful as deer.
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[@mytube9182]

These people are my relative ! As a Thai person I deeply feel a strong connection both in our cultures and lineages. The words "Thai" and "Dai" have the same origin. Dai people and northern Thai people look almost the same.

[@NangJkJK]

😂

[@winachance4315]

@@NangJkJK ขำพ่องษัตร

[@user-qw1jr1ux6p]

The History of the Thai Chinese (Part 1) | The China History Podcast | Ep. 259

[@Kwthardevyth]

Have you heard about Tai people of Assam & Arunachalpradesh of India ? Even they’re part of Dai/Thai

[@mytube9182]

@@Kwthardevyth Yes, in another video about Tai Ahom history I said I'm very proud of them as one of their relates.

[@NWOTheories]

I'm watching this video after learning from my DNA results, that I'm 0.4% Dai!!!...😁

[@musicartculture]

Me too

[@jessechao4]

Me too! I'm over a quarter of dai but don't know what that is

[@mdlim24]

I'm 9% Dai.

[@realsweetpotatopie]

Same here. Bigger percentage but still.

[@kermitthefrog1970]

Same but 2%

[@khai7427]

During the Tang Dynasty period ( 600-900 AD), Nanchao was a powerful kingdom. It consisted of several Dai or Tai ethnic groups. Nanchao Empire extended to the Northern part of SE Asia. Nanchao fought many wars against the Khmer, who dominated mainland SE Asia at the the time. Dai adopted their languages, religions and cultures from India. They are different from Han Chineses. In the 13th century, the Mongols under Kubla Khan subjugated the Dai people. Many fled southward and settled in what is now Burma, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Their languages, traditions and religion are similar to those practice in Burma, Laos and Thailand. In Northern Laos and Thailand today, especially in Chiangmai Mai and Chiangmai Rai, the similarity is quite profound. The mannerism and religious chants by the Buddhist monks is the same. I am Khon Lao living in the USA.

[@ChristopherChiu]

I am Chinese American...born & raised in NY. But my Mom & Dad is from Southern China (Canton area). I moved to Thailand 8-yrs ago as an expat, eventually settling into Chiang Mai. My brother did a DNA test last year and found out we also have Dai & Vietnamese in us which we never knew. I've now relocated to Vietnam. Strange, my soul feels at home in these 2 countries and consider them home.

[@SI-ln6tc]

@@ChristopherChiu Are you southern Chinese like Cantonese speaker?

[@nuncholimbz2947]

I am from limbu ethnicity from Nepal. I found so many things similar to Dai people. Thanks for the info anyway.

[@SI-ln6tc]

Dai people seem to abit like a mixture between Chinese and Thai. Somewhere in between. But we do know Thais originally came from Southern China.

[@honjokun0615]

You spelled the names of northern Thai provinces wrong. It's Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. *Wrote, not spelled

[@hgdon-homeiswheretreesare-9239]

Thanks for the video. They’re related to Lao and Thai people in Laos and Thailand.

[@chasoombosai8442]

Also to the Tai communities of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, northeast india

[@parthamohan5891]

Love from Tai-Ahom(Assam,India)🙂🙏🏼❤️

[@RetroFan]

I'm mostly all European but on my mother's maternal side, it was found she has an ancestor from 700 AD that was Chinese Dai.

[@619elephant9]

Dai is not Chinese. Lol

[@mytube9182]

With all due respect. Chinese is the Han. Dai and Han lived in the land of ancient China in millennia. The Hans were stronger and they chased away the Dais they saw as barbarians down to the south.

[@RetroFan]

Dai are Chinese. They are a minority group of China. Only an ignorant nationalist would deny the other ethnic groups that have lived there for thousands of years.@@619elephant9

[@RetroFan]

Han are not the only Chinese. There was a time the Han didn't exist. China has many ethnic minorities and there have been found White European mummies in Western China from 2,000 years ago! @@mytube9182

[@amorengthang6257]

And further south west we enter manipur state in India through Burma Myanmar but now there's a problem of knowing to which Tai group we belong to

[@Jack-rs3ok]

Come to india's northeast region to experience d same water splashing festival in d month of april on 14th.d tai tribe celebrates sangken in this month of d year.

[@zoribanks]

such a fun video, Thanks so much. The ceremony or habit of the water at the end of the video , for luck , reminds me of anothe habit in new year in Birmania throwing water. Love this places

[@taiahomology]

I am Tai Ahom so we're half Dai.Our language is even very similar

[@ejunavil]

😂tum toh Haring

[@lunaryearsold]

I'm 2% Dai...watching this, I'm convinced this is from my father's side. We're both very creative and theatrical people.

[@mytube9182]

I just knew about Dai people in a few years back like most of my compatriots. But I'm 100% sure I am more than 30% Dai. Our latest DNA observation found out that we Thais have great portion of Dai DNA.

[@HOTPLATEGAMING]

@@mytube9182 Do a DNA test to be sure

[@DuangRungsaengchan]

Appreciate watching the process of making กระดาษสา. Never knew how it was made before. Xie Xie Nii. 🙏🙏🙏

[@CAMBODiANCh1natownChick]

Fascinating. According to Ancestry DNA, my updated results say that I am 3% Dai primarily located in Myanmar 😉

[@BadBoy-wy1il]

Dai people are called tai people in Assam. I'm a tai-ahom

[@chnbri3388]

Tai in thailand and laos too

[@chnbri3388]

@yuri boyka thailand, laos, north vietnam, north Malaysia, north myanmar, northeast india, south China is tai poeples land 💪 100 million tais

[@mrblack7218]

@@taiahomology you are wrong we are dai but our royal family is shan.

[@taiahomology]

@@mrblack7218 No our king was Dai/Chinese Shan and all the Tai peoples are known as Dai/Tai.Even Shan people are Dai/Tai but we all just got admix with other ethnicities so it created many ethnicities like - Tai Ahom,Tai Lue,Thai/Tai Siam etc so we are all Dai/Tai.

[@taiahomology]

@@mrblack7218 The Shan peoples were also Dai but now they're different because they also got mix with other ethnicities like other Tai families.Shans got mix with Burmese.Tai Ahoms mainly got mix with Borahi and Moran peoples.So like that we all had different ethnicities

[@ch.aungpumanpoong7116]

Good..

[@user-qw1jr1ux6p]

The History of the Thai Chinese (Part 1) | The China History Podcast | Ep. 259

[@tailover5082]

I love tai. I m from assam, indian Tai Ahom

[@Mriluigi]

In Ancestry composition...I'm 42.4% Chinese Dai...born in Thailand...now live in the U.S.

[@liavang6412]

Interesting to watch. I just found that I am 29% Dai.

[@dhollasethkasemsiriwat899]

we r thai people. feel so related to this

[@allandevera8765]

I think they are related to southeast asian people.

[@AtarashiNOhi]

@@allandevera8765 The Dai people are also known as "Tai Lue". They are more closely related to the Laotian people.

[@AsianTurtleee]

Dai people have been sinicized. They have lost their native tongue. The lao and thai still kept their original native tongue.

[@jonangorman6341]

words they said are mostly lao. gtfo thais.

[@aakashboom]

Just like Tai Ahoms of Assam

[@taiahomology]

Because Tai Ahoms are also Dai

[@MasterDaga]

เสียงสวดมนต์ เหมือน ภาษาไทยเลย

[@thanleng7057]

more for Dai people

[@HDsubsTV1]

I’m 73% dai. And never known my whole life lol

[@chickendinner5572]

Beautiful

[@itsLeonee]

modern day thai and lao people migrated south from this region, we are basically all family

[@nongsjinghpo12345]

❤❤ india

[@JediMasterMason]

I like the paper making. I have 0.1% Chinese Dai DNA on 23&me.

[@lealemon4856]

SV Lloyd's Nostalgic Baseball Cards Revived i have dai thai dna 27%

[@JediMasterMason]

@@lealemon4856 Awesome, I was so surprised because I thought I was 100% European so the Chinese Dai is really cool.

[@lealemon4856]

SV Lloyd's Nostalgic Baseball Cards Revived me too . i was so suprised too . i was wondering why some of my sibling and nephew has a small eyes . 😂 now i knew why we do have dai thai genes . when i was thailand , thai people thought i was one of them .

[@dark__blur]

Weird, with the new update, I have also 0,1% Chinese DAI on 23andMe

[@BaldursPicketFence]

SV Lloyd's Nostalgic Baseball Cards Revived Hi 👋 I have 2% Dai 🧬 according to my ancestry.com test.

[@s011dpineaple]

Got a 99.0% Dai n 1 vet from 23n me. I'm a Tai knw my current culture n all tat but it seems I can't find the ancestorial roots of the Dai people. Where we come from? Mongol? China? I knew we were migrants but I can't find where we frm or what we did. How far did my bloodline go n shitt.

[@chickendinner5572]

I read some where over 6000+ years ago. Follow the Mekong 😊

[@Autumn_Blessings]

Found out im .3% dai from 23 and me and I wanted to learn more about it

[@user-pc2lc6up9k]

Where you come from?

[@Autumn_Blessings]

@@user-pc2lc6up9k my 23 and me updated and they took it away 😭 💔💔💔 guess they got more data and said nevermind you're not .3% dai at all I'm heartbroken

[@MrIrontummy]

I am 9% Dai so I am still spreading the Dai genes around the globe. This must explains my draw towards Buddhism maybe?

[@AsianTurtleee]

Mysterious Lan Xang the land of million elephants.

[@somsaksompong689]

They are in the Indosphere in China.

[@WizGam]

Tai ahom 🇮🇳❤️

[@mintugogoi1533]

We tai ahom people of north east india also half dai.our roots from yunan province of china

[@saiaungkyawthet1706]

Namo Buddhaya Namo Dhammaya Namo Sangkhaya Sartoo Sartoo very good luck for your family and the world Mother Gunaw Anandaw father Gunaw Anandaw Sartoo Sartoo very good luck for your family and the world

[@chriswizo9891]

I’m 64% Dai on the DNA test from north Myanmar region. My parents come from 🇱🇦 though 😂

[@suomotophoenix3450]

This is same as like namsai district in arunachal pradesh 😮

[@mousumsonowal5983]

Tai origin people,

[@dwodwo2600]

I have 68% Dai on Ancestry DNA, Hope to have the opportunity to go to Yunnan

[@maunghan2827]

Pls U come to Myanmar (Burma).North eastern part of Myanmar's tribes are the same of dai tribe manner Our country.We r call Shan tribes.

[@maunghan2827]

Our country Burma (Myanmar) have 8 millions peoples ( 100% blood Shan & mixed blood).

[@taiahomology]

Many Tai Ahoms are like wow we're similar like don't they know that Tai Ahoms are also Dai.Thais,Tai Lues etc are also Dai people that's why we're are known as Tai peoples.They created their new ethnicities so that's how we kinda got separated

[@chickendinner5572]

We love to intermingle with other races lol. At least we are open minded

[@jamkop5298]

The original Thai people still living in China I guess. How nice. Wonder what will show up when they take a DNA-test 100% Chinese Dai? Some of the children look Khmer. I saw Thai peoples DNA-results from 23 and me saying that they were Lao/Cambodian/Chinese/Chinese-Dai but not a single one 100% just Thai or close to 100%. In fact more like 5% Thai. Very interesting..

[@jamkop5298]

@Lao Lao My mother is from Lanna, Northern Thailand. I'm half Thai. 23 and me is actually very accurate, I think. It sais I'm 25% Chinese Dai. That would make my mother 50% Chinese Dai, and according to Thailand's history of mixing ethnicities very fitting.

[@liavang6412]

Interesting to learn. I just found out that I am 29% Dai and I’m not sure what that means exactly.

[@jamkop5298]

@@liavang6412 where are your parents from?

[@CHUBBAYBUBBAY]

Watching this after my dna results ! I am 17.6 dai

[@user-pc2lc6up9k]

Where you come from?

[@POPCOM612]

It's no different from Thailand.

[@plakatkingdom3691]

Damn i got 6% dai in me.. 36% chinese... 58% viet

[@taiahomology]

Wow cool!

[@pyimoethan1]

Their culture looks similar to Burmese culture.

[@wonderfulchina1344]

Burmese dai people even go to chinese school

[@chriswizo9891]

A lot of ethnic Dai from northern Burma.

[@taiahomology]

Because Thai peoples were originally from that region before Thailand

[@robkitch1734]

DNA test just revealed my daughters are 16% Dai. There mother is from Nong Han, Isaan, Thailand. Dai or Tai are very similar to Thai

[@user-wc4bw4yp6j]

If he is Thai, he will Read it👉 How Kue pei nong gun

[@sangvi2849]

We are brothers and sisters ?

[@nirapongpansai2792]

เฮาคือพี่น้องกัน

[@chickendinner5572]

"We look like relatives"

[@LunarCapricorn11]

I am 12 percent Dai !

[@HomiePanda788]

I am dai, I got it from my moms side and bruh I thought I’d be Thai or somewhere in Beijing china. I looked at my DNA and damn I did t know dai was a place in Asia, I got not much but a lot of some dai in me; but I didn’t know I would have so old Chinese culture in me.

[@Foxie635]

Came here because per 23andme ancestry, I am 75% Dai. Lol

[@faithfultrue7467]

23% DAI

[@burningknuckle26]

i trace my Lao heritage back to the Dai

[@sulekastieber7287]

I also have 0.9% Dai 😊

[@user-zc6gf9vp4w]

Can the DNA test company change the word from Chinese Dai to be only Tai? Chinese is Chinese ethnicity and Dai is Tai ethnicity but China spelling it’s Dai. Btw, Tai people are not Lao as many comments tried to convince. Tai people are the same with Thai.

[@chickendinner5572]

Wrong!

[@NangJkJK]

No, Tai people is not the same as Thai! It’s for group of Tai speaking languages not just Thai. 😂 Please understand this.

[@Andarsia]

You have to be trolling, lol! The Lao-tai are Tai/Dai, just look at the Xishuangbanna census. The Tai aren't Thai; the Thai people are a nationality with a group of a dozen ethnicities. There's Tai-Siam, Tai-Yuan, Tai-Lao, etc. There are Thai people who are not even Tai-kadai. Plus, northeastern Thai are majority Lao.

[@sirdrudles7318]

Just found out I’m 1% dai

[@kimsons3544]

They look more like the Khmer. Very interesting people, the Buddhist Monks are an exactly Khmer.

[@trevordean7144]

dai are Thai ancestor. 😅 not khmer.

[@Thelady77]

Dai or Tai?

[@peterkovinski8476]

It's the same

[@user-qw1jr1ux6p]

Yes,It's the same.

[@zorroag]

That made me laugh!!!

[@blackwater7183]

Tattoos just like the "Pintados" of the Philippines.

[@butter3772]

They're DRINKING in the Temple?What is this... Don't they know pancasila?unbelievable

[@butter3772]

@Stéphane Petit-Lefèvre ?

[@Weeping-Angel]

It’s their tradition and culture.

[@dwodwo2600]

What's so surprising, traditional culture

[@kimvannak85]

I am Khmer person. I am from Cambodia county. I live in Cambodia county. I never make a test of my DNA.

[@Handle_Edit]

Don’t need to bud…you look like a Chinese and Vietnamese mix. You welcome.

[@bharatindia8332]

i am tai khamti from arunachal northeast india