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Akha Way, The
Content:Documentary Film
Available From:Documentary Educational Resources
Media Type:Videocassette
Release Date:1999
Audience:Higher Education
Running Time:25 min.
Physical Description:one video cassette (25 min.); color
Language:English
Subject:Anthropology and Sociology
Diaspora and Ethnicity
Philosophy and Religion
Science, Technology, & the Environment
Subheading:Alternative Medicine
Ethnic Groups
Folk Religion
Rituals and Customs
Rural Development & Urbanization
Region:Southeast Asia
Country:Thailand



Abstract:

"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 documentary describes their origins and their culture. It contains extraordinary footage of a shaman healing ceremony; a funeral, with the ritual sacrifice of a water buffalo; the reading of a pig's liver after a new house is built, and more. Today the Akha Way is fast disappearing. Forced migration, Christianity, money and drugs are eroding the cultural heritage of the Akha tribe."




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