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 ...

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.