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	Isaan Profile
		Not only is Isaan the second largest people group (after the central Thai,) it is also the second largest unreached people group in Thailand; that is, it does not yet have a viable, evangelizing, indigenous community of believers which is able to reach the rest of the group.
		Isaan is the poorest region of Thailand, due to the poor land and weather conditions and to a lack of development.
		Isaan people themselves may not respond eagerly to a Bible translation in their mother tongue since they are unaccustomed to seeing it in print.
	www.thaicov.org /thailand/isaan.html (4237 words)

	GRACE BIBLE BAPTIST MINISTRY in Thailand - The Isaan Region of Thailand
		The Isaan Region - comprises the northeast region of Thailand and is located on a plateau (the Korat Plateau) which averages 650-1000 feet in elevation.
		The poorest region of Thailand, the major occupation of the Isaan area is agricultural although the soil is poor and rainfall is unpredictable.
		Children in the Isaan villages are required to study until the 6th grade, whereas in the larger cities there is a 9th grade requirement.
	www.ourchurch.com /view/?pageID=295999 (2021 words)

	CPAmedia.com: Vietnamese of Isaan
		The Viets of Isaan knew this, and worked diligently to improve their living standards, whilst playing down the question of ethnicity.
		As this process continues, the long-silent Vietnamese of Isaan are rediscovering their cultural confidence and ethnic roots - secure, at last, in their country of adoption.
		The presence of churches, and sometimes of small cathedrals, in the riverine towns of Isaan is a sure sign of Viet Kieu residents.
	www.cpamedia.com /culture/vietnamese_in_isaan (1259 words)

	Morlam
		The Isaan dialect is not understood by most Thais speaking central Thai, the primary dialect in Bangkok, the north, and south, even though the written script is the same.
		The Isaan dialect spoken in northeastern Thailand and Lao are essentially the same language, and in fact, "morlam" exists in Laos as well, under the name "lamlao".
		The Isaan culture has been discussed in anthropological and social treatises, but perhaps a more accessible introduction is through the writings of Isaan novelist Pira Sudham, whose books ‘Monsoon County’, ‘People of Esarn’ (an alternate spelling of "Isaan") and ‘The Force of Karma’ are written in the original English http://www.pirasudham.com.
	www.afana.org /morlam.htm (2253 words)

	Isaan travel guide - Wikitravel
		Isaan is a wonderful part of Thailand to visit if you have tired of Khao San Road, one temple after another, or the beach.
		Isaan cuisine borrows heavily from Lao cuisine and is distinctly different from central Thai cooking, although there has been a considerable amount of cross-pollination.
		Perhaps the best-known Isaan dish is som tam (or tam mak hung in Lao/Isaan), a spicy salad prepared from unripe papayas.
	wikitravel.org /en/Isaan (540 words)

	Basic Lao/Isaan Phrases
		Isaan is the name given to the North-Eastern region of Thailand, covering 170,218 square kilometers, approximately one third of Thailand’s land area.
		The Isaan people are in general an extremely friendly and good-natured people, and they respond very favourably to those who make the effort to appreciate their culture and learn their language.
		In fact, the Isaan region was actually a part of Laos until 1907, when it was partitioned under French colonial rule and ceded to Thailand.
	www.geocities.com /siamsmile365/isaan/isaan.htm (1107 words)

	Isaan Life
		Posted by Isaan Life at 2:22 PM 1 comments
		The bridge at Mukdahan is scheduled to be "officially" opened on 20 December 2006 after delays and accidents.
		The new brige at Mudahan to Savanakhet is scheduled to open this month and we hope to have an article about Muk in February.
	www.isaan-life.blogspot.com (799 words)

	Isaan Area Thailand Hotels & Villas from Travelideas
		Isaan Area Thailand Hotels & Villas from Travelideas
		Isaan Area Thailand hotels & villas shown below, notes: Rates are from (low season), per room / villa (not per person) and nett (include tax, etc.).
		Enquiries go directly to the hotel / villa or their sole management company (except for hotels / villas in brackets which are wholesaler based).
	www.travelideas.net /hotels/Thailand/Isaan_Area (135 words)

	Isaan: Northeast Thailand, Issan, Issan, Esarn
		Farmers are dependant on rainfall to grow their crops, but rain in Isaan is highly unpredictable.
		Isaan is the poorest area of the country.
		The primary food of Isaan people is sticky rice which is eaten with the fingers.
	www.siamese-style.com /Isaan.html (979 words)

	Isaan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Thailand Isaan Ap Kosum Phisai Tipps für Thais und Thailandinteressierte.
		Isaan Das thailändische Restaurant in Friedrichshain informiert über angebotene Spezialitäten und über das Herkunftsland.
		Gecko Villa, Isaan Site offering rental of a farm villa in the Northeast of Thailand.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Isaan.html (110 words)

	People profile for Isaan of Thailand
		Recent Isaan protests have brought a more conciliatory tone from the government, but the general attitude of both the government and the church is that the Isaan should settle down and become Central Thai in culture.
		The Isaan have never had much wealth, but the shift from their past communal farming style to a cash based society has done much to promote selfishness.
		In Many of the problems mentioned for the Isaan are addressed in such a plan, giving the people back their lost culture as well as giving them freedom from selfishness through Jesus Christ.
	members.tripod.com /~jmarlett/isaan.html (2971 words)

	Isaan Travel Information - Isaan Thailand discounting hotels reservation service
		The Isaan are located in the arid tropics of northeast Thailand.
		They are in the process of acculturation to the predominate Central Thai culture, but they continue to form a distinct cultural group as evidenced by their own language, eating habits and their distinct social class.
		The Isaan farmers have often fought with the Thai government.
	members.chello.nl /~p.kremers1/thailand/isaan-info.html (1974 words)

	A Visit To Isaan
		Isaan girls arriving in Bangkok find that they can only earn the 300THB per day they were earning in the country.
		To me Isaan is an example of Thailand at its very best, and not the worst as I had expected.
		Also, 300 baht a day for "standard labour" in Isaan is VERY high by Isaan standards and not the norm at all.
	www.stickmanbangkok.com /Reader2006/reader2291.htm (755 words)

	Isaan travel guide - Wikitravel
		Isaan is a wonderful part of Thailand to visit if you have tired of Khao San Road, one temple after another, or the beach.
		The relative isolation and underdevelopment of the area mean that Isaan is one of the poorest regions of Thailand; this also means that it is a good place to get a little off the beaten track.
		Isaan cuisine borrows heavily from Lao cuisine and is distinctly different from central Thai cooking, although there has been a considerable amount of cross-pollination.
	www.wikitravel.org /en/Isaan (495 words)

	BICWM -in Thailand (Site not responding. Last check: )
		he ethnic mix in Isaan is reflected in their spicy food and in their unhurried lifestyle, which betrays the unrivaled zest for life these people possess.
		Torn between the poverty and limited opportunities at home and the promise and excitement of the big cities, more than one million seasonal migrants leave the towns and villages of the Northeast annually for fast growing industrial centers, contributing to the continued decline of the economy.
		The type of Buddhism practiced by many Isaan people is actually a mixture of animism (spirit worship), Buddhism and Brahmanism.
	www.bic-church.org /wm/countries/tha.htm (336 words)

	Kingdom of Thailand : Northeastern Region (Isaan)
		Known by Thais as Isaan (prounced ee-san), the sprawling Northeast Plateau is bordered to the north and east by the Mekong River and Laos, and to the south largely by Kampuchea (Cambodia).
		Isaan is arguably the least developed region of Thailand, farming being the occupation of a large proportion of its inhabitants.
		Be sure that most of the taxi drivers, street vendors on Bangkok streets originate from Isaan, and we do not want to speak about all the girls working in the nightlife entertainment scene.
	www.kingdom-of-thailand.com /northeast.htm (521 words)

	Don't blame Isaan wives; women are all the same
		Ironically it is Isaan women who have married foreigners and lived abroad who maintain the spirit of Buddhist holidays and festivals like Songkran by frequently visiting Thai temples.
		The reason why most of Isaan women prefer to marry farang to thai men because of the proverty in Isaan area(the poorest areas in Thailand) and the attitude as well.
		This is the case why we blamed Isaan women that they married farang because of money.., if farangs are ready to pay them as far as they don't steal or cheat them from farang..
	www.nationmultimedia.com /2006/12/02/opinion/opinion_30020540.php (3625 words)

	Bill Grimson - Category: Isaan
		Unlike the languid North with its mountains and the pugnacious culture of the south with its tropical foliage and beaches, which are always pleasing to the soul Isaan is more of an acquired taste.
		The Isaan town of Phimai is situated about a forty-five minute drive north of the Provincial capital of Nakhonratchasima.
		Three big boned Isaan Country boys who through their natural friendliness and sense of fun turned a journey that could have been boring into one that was truly memorable.
	www.thai-blogs.com /index.php?blog=26&cat=223 (5054 words)

	Isaan in Northeast Thailand
		The Northeast region of Thailand, bordering Laos, is known as Isaan.
		In 1996 a number of fossilized dinosaur bones were found in Isaan.
		Isaan is an agricultural area with many paddy fields.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /Thaislaan.html (271 words)

	Up-Country Adventures In Isaan: The Thailand Most Tourists Never Discover ~ by Steenie Harvey
		Farangs (foreigners) living in Thailand describe Isaan, the country’s northeast, as “up-country.” A serene foil to manic Bangkok and the hubbub of the tourist resorts, Isaan covers one-third of the country’s land mass.
		Isaan village girls are expected to do whatever they must to help feed families, support aged parents, buy medicines, pay off farm debts.
		Isaan is riven with superstitions—in rural areas it’s common for drivers to not use their headlights for fear of attracting ghosts.
	www.escapeartist.com /efam/71/Travel_To_Thailand.html (2774 words)

	FEBC - Far East Broadcasting Company
		The Isaan region is considered one of the poorest in Thailand, with the majority of the population involved in rice farming.
		As with many Thai people, the Isaan believe that "to be Thai is to be Buddhist." More than 95 percent of them have identified themselves as Theravada Buddhists, and also practice animism.
		With the fraction of the cost to produce one episode of a TV program in the United States, a whole year's worth of Bible teaching and encouragement can be provided for FEBC's listeners.
	www.febc.org /giving/project_5.html (478 words)

	Northeast Thailand, Isaan at Sticky-Rice.com
		Here in Isaan is Thailand’s most popular national park, Khao Yai, with 12 well worn trails radiating from the area around the visitor centre, and more further afield.
		The Mekong River forms 750km of the border between Laos and Isaan, and there are 4 points along it where foreigners are allowed to cross the border.
		The people of Isaan eat a wide variety of creatures, originally forced by poverty to be creative in finding foods.
	www.sticky-rice.com /northeast_thailand_isaan (591 words)

	CPAmedia.com: Discovering Thailand's Regional Cuisines
		Perhaps the most classic of Isaan dishes is larb--spiced minced meat generally served with salad and a side plate of raw vegetables.
		Fortunately the Thai capital does have a number of restaurants specialising in regional cuisines, and these are likely to increase in number as central Thais discover the delights of the periphery, whilst increasingly wealthy migrants from the provinces seek the flavour of home.
		Friendly and authentically Isaan, Bane Lao at 49 Sukhumvit Soi 36 [02256-6096] serves all the usual Northeastern dishes, as well as such unusual specialities as kaeng phak waan khai mot daeng--sweet vegetable curry with red ants eggs--and nguak wua thod--deep fried beef gums.
	www.cpamedia.com /food/thailand_regional_cuisines (1452 words)

	Inaccurate Isaan
		When you compare living standards out in Isaan to those in Bangkok (which can be bad, I know) it is perfectly obvious why the capital attracts so many Thais.
		Most Isaan residents are neglected, forgotten about or just plain ignored by the powers that be in the capital.
		The Isaan that I have experienced is somewhere between the Isaan that you describe and the Isaan that MM describes.
	www.stickmanbangkok.com /Reader2006/reader2305.htm (725 words)

	Somtum Lao/Somtum Thai - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		From now on you’ll have to think twice before ordering a dish of the Isaan papaya salad known as somtam, because the Health Ministry found in a recent survey that most of the somtam sold in department store food courts across Bangkok is contaminated with toxic materials that could cause cancer.
		It is sad that somtam, which is one of the great wonders of Isaan civilisation, is at risk of being destroyed by the fast food industry.
		But Isaan people, using their fingers to eat somtam Lao, exclaim “sap lai!” There is no equivalent of the word “sap” in any other language.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=33620 (1176 words)

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