Thai Puan of Ban Hat Siao Village
The Thai Puan group living in Hat Siao Village, Sri Satchanalai County, Sukhothai Province is one of Thai Puan communities scattered in 23 provinces of Thailand. The Thai Puan are the descendants of the Lao Puan people who migrated to Thailand in five waves, each joined by hundreds of them, including prisoners of war, from 1778 to 1834. They moved from Puan Town, Chiang Khwang Province, Laos by passing Nan, Phrae and Uttaradit provinces of Thailand and to Si Satchanalai Town. They finally settled down in the area of Ban Hat Siao in the Yom River Basin.