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  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • Bhiwandi – INDIA. EXCLUSIVE<br />
The 3 Wishes : A Father’s Race against Time <br />
<br />
Nihal Bitla is a 14 years old boy, with bright eyes & child like innocence,  but has the body of an elderly man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head, and withered limbs.<br />
<br />
Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford  Progeria Syndrome, which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.<br />
<br />
<br />
“I ignore it now if people stare at me because of the way I look,” says Nihal, who stopped going to school five years ago because he was being teased about his condition by his classmates.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nihal doesn’t like the 2009 Bollywood movie ‘Paa’ so much. While he was always the odd boy out because of the way he looked, school life became all the more difficult for him after ‘Paa’ released. The movie had Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan play a progeria patient, named Auro. Nihal’s fellow students began teasing & calling him Auro. Tired of his friends’ barbs, he  stopped going to school . The last straw was when a fellow student told him he too would suffer a heart attack like Auro did in the movie. Repeated attempts by teachers, who felt he was a bright student, to get him back to class failed. Some of his friends tried too, but Nihal didn’t budge. Now he stays home on most days, rarely ever stepping out of the house and spends all his time either painting or surfing the net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
His father, Srinivas, who owns a small mobile phone repair shop, says that Nihal was the first person in India to be discovered with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the most severe form of progeria.<br />
<br />
Most children with the disorder only live until the age of 14, with heart attacks and strokes being the common causes of death.<br />
<br />
<br />
Progeria is believed to have inspired the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was the basis for a film starring Brad Pitt, about a character born as an elderly
    Exclusivepix_14_Year_old_with_body_o...jpg
  • BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
China To End One-Child Policy<br />
<br />
China has decided to abandon its 35-year-old one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Thursday. ©Exclusivepix Media
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
China To End One-Child Policy<br />
<br />
China has decided to abandon its 35-year-old one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Thursday. ©Exclusivepix Media
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
China To End One-Child Policy<br />
<br />
China has decided to abandon its 35-year-old one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Thursday. ©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_China_To_End_One_Child_...jpg
  • BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
China To End One-Child Policy<br />
<br />
China has decided to abandon its 35-year-old one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Thursday. ©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_China_To_End_One_Child_...jpg
  • BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
China To End One-Child Policy<br />
<br />
China has decided to abandon its 35-year-old one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Thursday. ©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_China_To_End_One_Child_...jpg
  • BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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China To End One-Child Policy<br />
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Grandparents and their grandson are pictured at the Tiananmen Square on March 3, 2013 in Beijing, China. China has decided to abandon its 35-year-old one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Thursday. ©Exclusivepix Media
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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China To End One-Child Policy<br />
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A man walks pass a poster printed with babaies\' faces with his daughter on November 17, 2013 in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province of China. China has decided to abandon its 35-year-old one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Thursday.©Exclusivepix Media
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
China To End One-Child Policy<br />
<br />
China has decided to abandon its 35-year-old one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Thursday. ©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_China_To_End_One_Child_...jpg
  • BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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China To End One-Child Policy<br />
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China has decided to abandon its 35-year-old one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Thursday. ©Exclusivepix Media
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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China To End One-Child Policy<br />
<br />
China has decided to abandon its 35-year-old one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Thursday. ©Exclusivepix Media
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
China To End One-Child Policy<br />
<br />
China has decided to abandon its 35-year-old one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Thursday. ©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_China_To_End_One_Child_...jpg
  • BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
China To End One-Child Policy<br />
<br />
China has decided to abandon its 35-year-old one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Thursday. ©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_China_To_End_One_Child_...jpg
  • If Cartoon Characters Looked Their Age<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov, a Russian artist, created a series of illustrations portraying our favourite cartoon characters as pensioners. The artist imagined each of them having had a long and complicated life.<br />
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Micky is the animation tycoon, Goofy didn’t get insurance and became homeless, Daisy left Donald because of his gambling, Tom & Jerry have health problems because of their reckless youth and many of them are older than 80.<br />
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Andrew Tarusov has  settled down in Los Angeles, California. Having studies for 10 years, his occupation is art and animation. He likes vintage style Pin-Ups and comics.<br />
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Photo shows: Daisy Duck – 75 (1940 – …)<br />
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  • If Cartoon Characters Looked Their Age<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov, a Russian artist, created a series of illustrations portraying our favourite cartoon characters as pensioners. The artist imagined each of them having had a long and complicated life.<br />
<br />
Micky is the animation tycoon, Goofy didn’t get insurance and became homeless, Daisy left Donald because of his gambling, Tom & Jerry have health problems because of their reckless youth and many of them are older than 80.<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov has  settled down in Los Angeles, California. Having studies for 10 years, his occupation is art and animation. He likes vintage style Pin-Ups and comics.<br />
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Photo shows: Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote – 66 (1949 – …)<br />
©Excluisvepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Disney_Characters_Aged0...jpg
  • If Cartoon Characters Looked Their Age<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov, a Russian artist, created a series of illustrations portraying our favourite cartoon characters as pensioners. The artist imagined each of them having had a long and complicated life.<br />
<br />
Micky is the animation tycoon, Goofy didn’t get insurance and became homeless, Daisy left Donald because of his gambling, Tom & Jerry have health problems because of their reckless youth and many of them are older than 80.<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov has  settled down in Los Angeles, California. Having studies for 10 years, his occupation is art and animation. He likes vintage style Pin-Ups and comics.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Daffy Duck – 78 (1937 – …)<br />
©Excluisvepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Disney_Characters_Aged0...jpg
  • If Cartoon Characters Looked Their Age<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov, a Russian artist, created a series of illustrations portraying our favourite cartoon characters as pensioners. The artist imagined each of them having had a long and complicated life.<br />
<br />
Micky is the animation tycoon, Goofy didn’t get insurance and became homeless, Daisy left Donald because of his gambling, Tom & Jerry have health problems because of their reckless youth and many of them are older than 80.<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov has  settled down in Los Angeles, California. Having studies for 10 years, his occupation is art and animation. He likes vintage style Pin-Ups and comics.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Mickey & Minnie Mouse – 87 (1928 – …)<br />
©Excluisvepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Disney_Characters_Aged0...jpg
  • If Cartoon Characters Looked Their Age<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov, a Russian artist, created a series of illustrations portraying our favourite cartoon characters as pensioners. The artist imagined each of them having had a long and complicated life.<br />
<br />
Micky is the animation tycoon, Goofy didn’t get insurance and became homeless, Daisy left Donald because of his gambling, Tom & Jerry have health problems because of their reckless youth and many of them are older than 80.<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov has  settled down in Los Angeles, California. Having studies for 10 years, his occupation is art and animation. He likes vintage style Pin-Ups and comics.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Tweety & Sylvester – 73 (1942 – …)<br />
©Excluisvepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Disney_Characters_Aged0...jpg
  • If Cartoon Characters Looked Their Age<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov, a Russian artist, created a series of illustrations portraying our favourite cartoon characters as pensioners. The artist imagined each of them having had a long and complicated life.<br />
<br />
Micky is the animation tycoon, Goofy didn’t get insurance and became homeless, Daisy left Donald because of his gambling, Tom & Jerry have health problems because of their reckless youth and many of them are older than 80.<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov has  settled down in Los Angeles, California. Having studies for 10 years, his occupation is art and animation. He likes vintage style Pin-Ups and comics.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Buggs & Lola Bunny – 77 (1938 – …)<br />
©Excluisvepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Disney_Characters_Aged0...jpg
  • If Cartoon Characters Looked Their Age<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov, a Russian artist, created a series of illustrations portraying our favourite cartoon characters as pensioners. The artist imagined each of them having had a long and complicated life.<br />
<br />
Micky is the animation tycoon, Goofy didn’t get insurance and became homeless, Daisy left Donald because of his gambling, Tom & Jerry have health problems because of their reckless youth and many of them are older than 80.<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov has  settled down in Los Angeles, California. Having studies for 10 years, his occupation is art and animation. He likes vintage style Pin-Ups and comics.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Donald Duck – 81 (1934 – …)<br />
©Excluisvepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Disney_Characters_Aged0...jpg
  • If Cartoon Characters Looked Their Age<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov, a Russian artist, created a series of illustrations portraying our favourite cartoon characters as pensioners. The artist imagined each of them having had a long and complicated life.<br />
<br />
Micky is the animation tycoon, Goofy didn’t get insurance and became homeless, Daisy left Donald because of his gambling, Tom & Jerry have health problems because of their reckless youth and many of them are older than 80.<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov has  settled down in Los Angeles, California. Having studies for 10 years, his occupation is art and animation. He likes vintage style Pin-Ups and comics.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Photo shows: Tom & Jerry – 75 (1940 –...)<br />
©Excluisvepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Disney_Characters_Aged0...jpg
  • If Cartoon Characters Looked Their Age<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov, a Russian artist, created a series of illustrations portraying our favourite cartoon characters as pensioners. The artist imagined each of them having had a long and complicated life.<br />
<br />
Micky is the animation tycoon, Goofy didn’t get insurance and became homeless, Daisy left Donald because of his gambling, Tom & Jerry have health problems because of their reckless youth and many of them are older than 80.<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov has  settled down in Los Angeles, California. Having studies for 10 years, his occupation is art and animation. He likes vintage style Pin-Ups and comics.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Porky Pig – 80 (1935 – …)<br />
©Excluisvepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Disney_Characters_Aged0...jpg
  • If Cartoon Characters Looked Their Age<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov, a Russian artist, created a series of illustrations portraying our favourite cartoon characters as pensioners. The artist imagined each of them having had a long and complicated life.<br />
<br />
Micky is the animation tycoon, Goofy didn’t get insurance and became homeless, Daisy left Donald because of his gambling, Tom & Jerry have health problems because of their reckless youth and many of them are older than 80.<br />
<br />
Andrew Tarusov has  settled down in Los Angeles, California. Having studies for 10 years, his occupation is art and animation. He likes vintage style Pin-Ups and comics.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Goofy – 83 (1932 – …)<br />
©Excluisvepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Disney_Characters_Aged0...jpg
  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
<br />
Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
    ExPix_NORTH_THAILAND_LAST_TRIBES 18.jpg
  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
<br />
Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
<br />
Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
<br />
Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
<br />
Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
<br />
Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
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Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
<br />
Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
    ExPix_NORTH_THAILAND_LAST_TRIBES 10.jpg
  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
<br />
Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
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  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
<br />
Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
    ExPix_NORTH_THAILAND_LAST_TRIBES 08.jpg
  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
<br />
Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
    ExPix_NORTH_THAILAND_LAST_TRIBES 07.jpg
  • NORTH THAILAND LAST TRIBES <br />
<br />
Most  of  the  people  think  Thailand  hosts  only  one  tribe,  the  vey  famous  long  neck.  Much more  tribes  still  live  in  the  north  of  the  country  with  strong  traditions.  To  reach  them  by road, you’ll  need to like curves : thousands are waiting for you in the hills ! Kor Yor tribe (Kayaw), aka the Big Ears or Long Ears, are of of them. They are called like this as they wear since their youngest age some huge ear rings. Like the Long Necks, they are Karenni refugees from Myanmar. Most of the ones i met are christians,  and  wear  some  Jesus  cross  around  the  neck.  They  are  different  from  the  long Neck  women,  as  they  have  their  own  language  and  traditions.  In  Thailand,  like  the  Long Necks,  they  can  be  seen  in  tourists  villages  that  she  share.  Some  critisize  those  touristic villages but many women told me that thanbks to the tourists they could leave the refugee camp , earn money , and get a better life than just waiting for international aid in the camp.   Lahu  people  live  in  the  mountains  of  China,  Myanmar,  Laos  and  northern  Thailand.The Lahu  people  are  famous  for  their  musical  instruments,  made of  wood  and  bamboo.  Uncle Ja  Yo,  a  famous  musician,    told  me  that  when  he  was  young,  he  used  his  Nor  Ku  Ma  to seduce the girls from the others villages,  playing loud to attire them all a round the valley ! There  are  approximately  30  000  Lahus  now  living  in  Thailand. There  are  four  tribes  within the Lahu: Black, Red, Yellow and She-Leh. I met the Black ones, called like that because of the  black  colors  of  the  women  traditional  clothes  sleeves.  Before,  their  domestic  animals like  chickens,  pigs  and  buffalos  were  kept  in  the  basement  corral  of  their  houses,  but  thai goverment has asked them to separate for health security. So now, you can find 2 villages : one  for  the  humans,  one  for  the  animals  !
    ExPix_NORTH_THAILAND_LAST_TRIBES 05.jpg
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