Kammu (Khmu') boys in Luang Prabang

Photographer

Halpern, Joel M. (Joel Martin), 1929-

Date

• 1957

Summary

• Children of Mon-Khmer ethnic groups often come into Lao towns to do odd jobs and menial wage labor. Most were (and are as of 2005) outside the education system. See information on Kammu (Khmu') wage labor in "Aspects of Village Life and Cultural Change in Laos."