She tells us in great detail of the Lai Tu harvest festival. As animist-Buddhists in the past, the Lai Tu held festivals to appease spirits and ensure good harvests. Her favorite thing to do, she says, was to climb to their hillside cultivation area and celebrate the harvest with the villagers. At that time, there would be plenty of yu (rice liquor) and a sacrifice of at least two pigs. Meat was plentiful and the feast could even extend into the next day. At this time, she remembers drinking, singing, and dancing with her friends. It was an extremely happy time for her. She laments that she has been unable to climb up there now for years because of her health. She is also disappointed in the younger Lai Tu people who no longer celebrate with their traditional rice liquor, but prefer to drink beer or whiskey.
Another of the tattooed ladies, Hnue Munt, talks about the tattoo culture, and recounts the legend of a king who took many concubines from their tribe. She feels that although having this tattoo may have been necessary and a part of their culture in the past, it does not need to continue now. She says it is simply too painful for the younger generation. Her view is shared by a great many of the tattoo-faced ladies of the tribe, who now feel that they need to change with the world.