Jon: In your two part film th-cam.com/video/GIsG1PL1AjI/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/XeAghnbHQK8/w-d-xo.html you capture exquisitely the spirit of the Karen people in their particular part of the forest in N Thailand and the music which underpins their culture. I felt this strongly in the way you featured the contributions of Chi Suwichan and his wife, together with the recognition and support they have received from their own community - and well beyond. You could only have done this, in my opinion, if you admired and respected the way in which this community was facing the enormous imposition of outside influences on their treasured way of living together. These sentiments and associated empathy shone through clearly. Your bringing the film into the public domain will add to the growing solidarity many around our little planet feel for the ‘wholesome’ ways in which indigenous people connect with each other and with the natural world around them. We all have much to learn from this. Another such expression is solidarity with the Acuar people in who have long lived in the forests in the high Andes of Ecuador and Peru. See the initiatives of the Pachamama Alliance - based in San Francisco - www.pachamama.org/advocacy and their Symposium. www.pachamama.org/engage/symposium I congratulate and salute you Jon for what you are doing. Alan Stewart Adelaide
Thank you Alan for your considered comments. It's nice to see that others recognise the problems that indigenous minorities face, not just in SE Asia, but all over the globe. We live in an amazing world, made more so by an astounding diversity of music, art and culture. Let's keep it that way and make a point of not selling out to the current trend of corporate greed and crony capitalism that so pervades us. Best wishes... Jon.
Thanks a lot Jon for your great job on Karen people. I know that there are many things that put pressure on Karen's life. Great job to make Karen people are known by the world.
Wonderful people, you guys are pretty God bless your people.
Jon: In your two part film th-cam.com/video/GIsG1PL1AjI/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/XeAghnbHQK8/w-d-xo.html you capture exquisitely the spirit of the Karen people in their particular part of the forest in N Thailand and the music which underpins their culture. I felt this strongly in the way you featured the contributions of Chi Suwichan and his wife, together with the recognition and support they have received from their own community - and well beyond.
You could only have done this, in my opinion, if you admired and respected the way in which this community was facing the enormous imposition of outside influences on their treasured way of living together. These sentiments and associated empathy shone through clearly.
Your bringing the film into the public domain will add to the growing solidarity many around our little planet feel for the ‘wholesome’ ways in which indigenous people connect with each other and with the natural world around them. We all have much to learn from this.
Another such expression is solidarity with the Acuar people in who have long lived in the forests in the high Andes of Ecuador and Peru. See the initiatives of the Pachamama Alliance - based in San Francisco - www.pachamama.org/advocacy and their Symposium. www.pachamama.org/engage/symposium
I congratulate and salute you Jon for what you are doing.
Alan Stewart
Adelaide
Thank you Alan for your considered comments. It's nice to see that others recognise the problems that indigenous minorities face, not just in SE Asia, but all over the globe. We live in an amazing world, made more so by an astounding diversity of music, art and culture. Let's keep it that way and make a point of not selling out to the current trend of corporate greed and crony capitalism that so pervades us. Best wishes... Jon.
Good song for karen
ชัดเจน,เราพี่น้องกะเหรี่ยงเราต้องรักกัน,ถ้าเราไม่รักกัน,แล้วใครหน่อที่จะมารักพี่น้องกะเหรี่ยงของเรา..
คำตอบคือ..ไม่มีเลย..เพราะฉะนั้นเราที่น้องกะเหรี่ยงต้องรักกัน ชั่วนิรันดร์ ,
ขอให้พระเจ้าอวยพรพี่น้องกะเหรี่ยงของข้าทุกคนตลอดไป อาเมน
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Clothes their wear almost similar with Montagnard people.
I wish this is not your last project for Karen. Hope you will have many more project like this for Karen people who are sandwiched by many problems.
you are is our hero proud of you
mps
Thanks a lot Jon for your great job on Karen people. I know that there are many things that put pressure on Karen's life. Great job to make Karen people are known by the world.
Thanks Posao, I appreciate your comments. I support the Karen people in all that they are trying to achieve.