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I was thinking about redoing some art,

But I think I would need more planning this time

So if you want to be mentioned again dm me, and if you want, send a fun fact

The Tai Dam (Tai Dam: ꪼꪕ ꪒꪾ, Lao: ໄຕດຳ, Thai: ไทดำ) are an ethnic minority predominantly from China, northwest Vietnam, Laos, Thailand. They are part of the Tai peoples and ethnically similar to the Thai from Thailand, the Lao from Laos and the Shan from Shan State, Myanmar. Tai Dam means "Black Tai". This name comes from the black clothing worn by the group

But what is their history? Well, they can tell you, (i love when tribes got their own website, so the information below is from that website)

Early history of the tai people

According to Chinese records, civilizations once known as “Kun-ming” and “Ai-lao” were found to have existed in the area now known as the Yunnan Province of China.  They formed separate small entities and fought among themselves.  By the middle of the seventh century, six petty kingdoms around the Erh-hai Lake in today’s Tali region joined themselves into a stronger kingdom named Nanchao (known as Nong Sae in Lao and Thai).  Those smaller kingdoms were known as: Meng-sui, Yueh-his, Teng-t’an, Shih-lang, Lang-ch’iung, and Meng-she(1).  Many historians have concluded that the people of Ai-Lao, which was later known as Nanchao, were of a Tai race.  However, this theory remains in controversy today.

The Nanchao kingdom became stronger and occasionally formed alliances with Tibet and the Empire of China, which was then under the T’ang Dynasty. However, during this period, Nanchao made many incursions into China’s territory. And vice versa, China struck many of Nanchao’s towns and cities. After a defeat by the T’ang army in 779 A.D., Nanchao built a fortress city named Yang-hsieh-mieh (modern day Tali), and made it their capital(2). A century later, after conquering the Ts’uan people in the Eastern part of Yunnan and annexing their territory, Nanchao established an “Eastern Capital” named Che-tung (modern day Kunming)(3) .

After expanding to Eastern Yunnan, Nanchao engaged in further campaigns of conquest. They attacked: Pyu in 832 A.D. and Mi-ch’en in 835 A.D., both of today’s Myamar; the Khmers of Chen-la (today’s Cambodia); Po-chou (today’s Kweichow of China) in 859 A.D.; Annam (today’s Vietnam, then under China) in 860 A.D.; Yung-chou (today’s Kwangsi of China) in 861 A.D.; and again Annam in 862 A.D. (4) .

With an army of 50,000 soldiers, Nanchao overran Annam (Vietnam) and captured Hanoi in the winter of 862 A.D. (5) Nanchao forces killed or captured 150,000 Chinese and Vietnamese T’ang subjects. (6) However, in 866 A.D., a Chinese commander named Kao-P’ien, with reinforcements from China, defeated and repulsed the Nanchao army from Annam. Thirty-thousand Nanchao soldiers were killed.

The Nanchao Kingdom may or may not have been a Tai kingdom, but the 862 A.D. conquest of Hanoi and the defeat of the Nanchao army in 866 A.D., followed by the Tai expedition to seek new lands, presented conditions that gave birth to a new Tai kingdom.

(Here is a piece of the Tai chronicle)

The Legend of Nam Taw Pung

(Nam Taw Pung: a large elongated gourd)

[Verses selected from “Kwaam To Meuang” or the “Tai Chronicle” for this booklet]

This is the story of our Land. In the beginning, the earth and the grass were formed. The sky was as small as a mushroom. The seven lands were shaped. There were nine waters which met a the mouth Of the Tae, Taav, Ou, and Khoong Rivers (Black River, Red River, Nam Ou, & Mekong) ~~~~~ Verses omitted ~~~~~ Once again, the Sky (God) planned To send people to the Earth below. The Sky placed everything in eight Pung-gourds. There were thirty clans of hill people. There were fifty clans of Tai people. There were three hundred thirty kinds of rice for the fields. There were five hundred fifty kinds of fish for the waters. There was every kind of animal stock, Bred in the water and on the land, That knew how to fly, creep or crawl. There were sacred manuscripts of priests and shaman And of astrologers and prophets. There were the old traditions, The Twelve village-customs, And the Twenty-four kingdom-laws. The Sky placed them all in the Pung-gourds

The Almighty Thaen (God) allowed Princes Tao Souang (Taav Suang) and Tao Ngeun (Taav Ngern) To take down the eight Pung-gourds And eight brass pillars supporting the sky. They reached the lands of Meuang Om and Meuang Ay They were delayed on the paths and on the roads, For the water had not yet dried. ~~~~~ Verses omitted ~~~~~ Tao Souang and Tao Ngeun came down To the Daan-Kaev-Euang Rocks The rocks moved like jaws, Snapping and cracking. Thirty senior sorceresses tried to stop the snapping And fifty junior sorceresses tried to stop the rocks. The rocks would not stop, the rocks would not listen. Then, they took thirty loads of grapefruit, And fifty loads of citrus to throw to the rocks. The rocks felt its mouth hot, sour, bitter, and astringent. So the rocks let its mouth open and stop snapping. Tao Souang and Tao Ngeun let the buffalo down first. The buffalo was not afraid and descended head first. Thus its horns are bent backward. They let the cow down next. The cow was afraid and descended rear end first. Thus its horns are curved to the front. ~~~~~ Verses omitted ~~~~~ At that time, they all reached the flat surface of the Earth. Tao Souang and Tao Ngeun then reached Muong Lo (Meuang Lor) Six Pung-gourds were sent to Muong Han (China), With six brass pillars supporting the sky. The last two gourds and two brass pillars Were divided and sent to Muong Man (Burma), Muong Lue (South of China), Muong Kaev (Vietnam), Muong Lao (Laos), Muong Koy (Thailand), Muong Nho (?), and Muong Bang (?). ~~~~~~~There are more verses, but they are not relevant to this booklet ~~~~~~

(There is a lot more of cool history on the Tai, but I recommend checking it out for yourself)

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LETS CELEBRATE THE TAI PEOPLE!!!!!

it makes me happy to share cultures

And I am happy when I see people like the series.

But what makes me even more happy is when people are happy to share their cultures.

thank you for your consideration 💓