Pictures

Umpiem Mai Refugee Camp in Thailand which is described and depicted in the book.

Umpiem Mai Refugee Camp view from interviewee's house on the hill.

The Aw Saw (abbreviated from the Thai asa sama) which means volunteers. These volunteers dress in military garb and guard the gates.

Yearly bamboo for fixing house. First 20 are free.

Fire can be a huge problem in the refugee camps. This picture gives you a good explanation of why.

A street view of Mae La camp. You can understand why the interviewee described it as crowded.

This is a map showing the different camps in Thailand and the boarder of Burma and Thailand.

Karen flag, there are some variations of it, but the colors and general look is the same.

Example of Karen clothing for males, Pwo Karen specifically. Colors aren't as common as they used to be, but traditionally red was worm more by single males.

Example of Karen clothing for females, including Karen-westerner influence. Clothes are often still made on a wooden hand-loom. The color and size of dress were traditionally dictated by marital status, but this is less common today.

Karen house built to withstand yearly winter flooding. During the summer time the below area can be used to store and dry wood, keep farm animals, house a foxhole for protection when the military starts shooting or shelling in the area.