A simple folk song. A melody strummed in a mountain village. The cacophony at daybreak. For Thailand's Indigenous communities, sounds like these are more valuable than you think—they’re a living archive of traditions, culture and identity. And one social enterprise, Hear & Found, is working to capture them before they fade away.
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