Lao Sung
title: "Lao Sung" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ethnic-groups-in-laos", "hill-people"] topic_path: "general/ethnic-groups-in-laos" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_Sung" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| group | Lao Soung |
| image | LuangNamtha ThatLuangNamtha7 tango7174.jpg |
| caption | Images of the Lao Soung (left) with the Lao Loum and the Lao Theung |
| population | 200,000 (est.) |
| popplace | Laos |
| rels | Satsana Phi, Yao Taoism and Theravada Buddhism |
| langs | Lao, Iu Mien, Cantonese, Akha, others |
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|group=Lao Soung |image=LuangNamtha ThatLuangNamtha7 tango7174.jpg |caption=Images of the Lao Soung (left) with the Lao Loum and the Lao Theung |population=200,000 (est.) |popplace=Laos |rels=Satsana Phi, Yao Taoism and Theravada Buddhism |langs=Lao, Iu Mien, Cantonese, Akha, others |related= Lao Sung or more commonly Lao Soung (Laotian: ລາວສູງ ) is an official Laotian designation for highland dwelling peoples of Hmong, Yao and Tibeto-Burman origins in Laos (the others being the Lao Loum and the Lao Theung). Lao Soung make up 9% of the Laotian population in Laos.
They mostly practice indigenous religions classified together as Satsana Phi, including Lao phi worship, and Yao Taoism. Some practice Theravada Buddhism. Some Lao Soung fought against the communist Pathet Lao government in 1975 to keep the Royal Lao Government in power. Many moved from southern China and Laos to the U.S., France and Australia in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s to escape the communist governments there.
References
References
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- Werner Wilbert (1991): ''Thailand – Laos''. In: Jens Siegelberg (Hrsg.): ''Die Kriege 1985 bis 1990: Analyse ihrer Ursachen''. LIT Verlag. Seite 410–417. ISBN 3-88660-757-7 [https://books.google.de/books?id=F7huN4d4sgIC&pg=PA412&hl=de Seite 412]
- "Archived copy".
- [[Martin Stuart-Fox]]: ''Historical Dictionary of Laos.'' 3. Auflage, Scarecrow Press, Lanham (MD)/Plymouth 2008, S. 191, Eintrag ''Lao Soung''.
- "Archived copy".
- Jan Ovesen: ''All Lao? Minorities in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.'' In: Christopher R. Duncan: ''Civilizing the Margins. Southeast Asian Government Policies for the Development of Minorities.'' NUS Press, Singapur 2008, S. 216.
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