The Akha are one of the six hill tribes in the mountainous regions of Northern Thailand. The hill tribes (chao khao, literally ‘mountain people’) are considered non-Thai by the Thai authorities, and ...

For over a thousand years the Akha people have inhabited the hills of Asia mainly Southern China Burma and Northern Thailand The Akha Way or Akhazaunh is the code by which they live This ...

Some critics, like David Feingold, an anthropologist who specializes in the study of the Akha people, have long advocated a policy of what he describes as ‘benign neglect.’ But others would go ...

This headdress is a souvenir that tells the story of how politics, tourism, and contact with other cultures have affected the ways of living of the Akha hill tribes in Northern Thailand.

From the Karen to the Hmong and Akha, these tribes provide diverse experiences ... Such excursions, which provide insight ...

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The government is cutting red tape to boost the economy. Many new Thais have been waiting for their papers for years and now ...

These were things we learned in a Rajasthan village during Akha Teej, a festival that takes ... males had arranged their futures for them. The people who work full-time trying to prevent child ...

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