Lawa Thailand or the North called Lua, a folk Austro Polynesia and called himself is Lavea people. Origin of tribal Lua true is unknown but it is believed that the tribes Lua lineage with tribal Lawa in Northern Myanmar and Southern of Yunnan, China because the similarity of the language Physical features and dress. Lua tribes had settled at Chiang Mai, about 900 years ago. Mon from Lop-Buri that is the building Lam-phun and Lam-pang cities invaded Lua tribes and Lua must flee to the mountains became a hill tribe. Later, in the 18th century the people of Thailand have migrated to this region have attacked them until Mon is defeated and has good relations with tribes Lua.
Tribal Lua also believe that their ancestors had lived in Chiang Mai, and it is the creator WatChediLuang before Thai people moving into the region. Lua has its own king and the last king is KunhlwgWilungka, wichPanangChamadeviqeen's Mon of Hariphunchai city (Lum-punn) hit to break lose until must go to the forest. Some Lua tribes have inhabited the plains but, these cultural traditions from Thailand to lose its own identity almost exhausted. In Chiang Rai, there is five of the Lua village that is district 2 villages, Phan 2villages, Wiang Pa Pao 1village. For a district town in the district Bua-salee 1 village with Mae Kon 1 village and each the district has about 20 homes in the east. Every village has a Buddhist temple. A novice monk preaching the northerners language Books written on palm leaves that preaching is literally native north.
Lua has different customs and dress with the North. Men wear fabric loincloth or sarong, the woman wearing a black cloth chest long sleeve lace is a big chest by rows studs and row buttonhole neck lace sleeve shirt on the hands and the hips, waist with metallic sequins. Like the shirt noble ancient Thailand. White sarong cloth small black middle stripe male pattern skirt wide black cloth around one elbow. As usual, women rarely wore home-heartedly like the chest if the city had to wear a dress Northerners. If you go out looking for wild vegetables to remove white cloth turbans, carrying the basket bottom line by putting a rope around his head directly above the forehead. Enter a neck support weight class. Do not wear a sarong, but pulled up to tuck off the chest to wear clothes wear a skirt to cover her breast. Where the camera pill is made with bamboo root regularly, men's shirts are embroidered with a flower pattern but not the collar and hem. This clothing is not popular in current, current popular use-turned-shirts long sleeve middle chest, and Chinese plain pants but, men who wear a loincloth, but there are some.
Lua trade by agricultural farming, gardening and livestock such as cattle, pigs, chickens. Their pork let living under house, if the yellow rice season, which he kept in a stall. When have a free time, they are like basket, weaving, wicker baskets, mantis and etc. The dry season, their like hunting wildlife and when 1wildlife the hunt will be split into half. The other half to give to the headman, headman will hit an armor rings villagers shared until all homes. The building houses the villagers helped the whole village.
Lua language unlike in Thai language and not similar to the language of any nation such as eat Lua call ja, cat Lua call Aungmang. If the word is the name of the appliances were a northerner. The name was also named the North such as Bua Chan, Brahma, etc. Previously, tribal Lua is not called at this time, their use the northerner named later. Name of the device antiquity using the current Lua is not used and unknown, when their called same the North called.