Elderly Khorat Thai women dress differently from other Thai women. They wear the traditional Khmer-styled chong kaben, 'a long piece of cloth wrapped around the waist and down to the knees, from where it is pulled back between the legs and tucked in at the waist under a silver belt. Old Khorat Thai women report that their mothers decorated themselves with silver anklets and gold armbands and necklaces.' In the past, Khorat Thai men were skilled hunters of deer, wild pigs and other animals, but these have become all but extinct in the area due to over-hunting. They have been forced to feed their families through agricultural means, and now they only hunt for small animals like birds, snakes and rats.