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  • Traditional Akha Mother and Father
    The heads of a three generational housefold. One of the daughters has a child. Her husband did something she strongly disapproved of and she sent him away. There is no reconciliation in their tradition. Afterwards she moved back with her parents.
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  • Working the fields
    Every day the family walks a considerable distance to work their fields. The government is attempting to teach them to change their cash crop from poppys to soy.
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  • Dinner Preparation
    The mother prepares food for the family, the members of which are either working in the fields, hunting, or playing with their peers.
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  • Bath Time
    The child is bathed in the same basin used for washing clothes and dishes.
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  • Akha Child
    Akha child with traditional Akha head gear.
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  • Akha home being repaired
    The thatch roofs must be regularly repaired. Several men from the village often help with the work.
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  • Child
    The child is constantly looked after, receiving lots of attention from all generations.
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  • Akha School
    The teacher is teaching the children the English alphabet.
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  • Grandfather and Child - Akha Village, Thailand - 2003
    In this family, the grandfather stays at home to care for the baby while the rest of the family goes off to work.
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  • Child Playing with Spinning Top
    The children often make their own toys. In this case the top is carved out of wood, a string is added along with a stick. The string is wound around the top and as the child throws it. the top flys off the string spinnin.
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  • Lahu Village Scene
    The Lahu village was not visited by tourists, having nothing to attract them such as crafts and other items of value. To earn money for the village, people went into the city to work.
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  • Gathering of the Female Elders
    The female elders of the village gathered in the house of the head man to greet the visitor and see what he was like.
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  • Food Preparation
    The wife of the head man prepares food for the those who have gathered.
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  • Serving
    The head man put out food for every one to eat.
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  • Lahu Child
    People and animals are contantly going in and out of the head man's haouse, a central gathering place.
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  • Blind Beggar
    This man is old and blind and no longer has a wife to care for him. The village looks after him, feeding him and making sure he has a place to sleep.
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  • Preparation for the New Moon
    At the time of the New Moon celebration, the elders of the village gather, both men and women, and the women wash the hands of the men and the other women in preparation for the celebration to follow that evening.
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  • Injured by a Traffic Accident
    This man was injured by a traffic accent while riding on the back of a motor bike in the city. As a result, he can no longer work and must be taken care of by other members of the village.
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  • Village Water Source
    Unlike the Akha village where water is available for 1 hour twice a day, the Lahu village has continuous water, but only at a central location. Ths is the common gathering place for clothes washing as well as dish washing.
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  • Village Store
    The village store supplies a variety of everyday items to fill in between trips to the city.
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Akha and Lahu Hill Tribes - Northern Thailand
In 2004 I visited two northern hill tribe villages, the Akha and the Lahu. I stayed with a family in each of the villages - ate and slept with them and walked around each village for three days.
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