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Akha Tribe Thailand, Asia.
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| The Akha's in Thailand. The Akha Hill tribe are subsistence
farmers, who are well know for them artistry in the North of
Thailand. The Akha Tribe remaining people are living in Laos,
Burma, the mountains of China and Northern Thailand, where they
belong to the Six main Hill Tribes in Thailand. The Akha's are
the poorest group of the Thailand Hill tribes. |
The Akha Hilltribe in North Thailand.
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| Around 1905 the Akha Hill tribe be in Thailand. There are Two to
Three Million Akha's and about 75.000 Akha people are living in
the Northern Provinces of Thailand: Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai. They prefer to stay at high altitudes. The villages where they
live can be visited by tourists who are on one of the trekking
tours in North Thailand. This Hill Tribe group speaks Akha, a
language of the Tibeto Burman family. The Akha Hill tribe is
related to the Lisu and the Lahu people. |
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The Hill Tribe Akha in North Thailand.
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More about the Akha's in Thailand. The Akha Hill tribe are living high in the mountains in
bamboo houses. This bamboo huts are separate, one side for the
men and one side for the women. This Hill tribe group are
experts in farming; corn, soybeans and mountain rice are them
favorites to farm at the mountains in the North of Thailand.
Also they are very good hunters, and opium growers for a
reasonable income.
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the Akha's in Thailand. Specific Akha villages are Ban Therd Thai (Ban Hin Taek) and
Mae Salong (Santikhiri). The Akha's have them own religion, know
as animism, a world filled with good and bad spirits, believing
in a natural balance, what can easy result in hardship, illness
and the death! They are well know for the exotic
appearance and extraordinary costumes. |
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Visit the
Akha Hill House in Chiang Rai, North Thailand. Akha Hill
House in the Akha village in Thailand. Getting back to the
nature at the Akha Hill House Chiang Rai, the only locally
managed and owned Hill Tribe retreat in Chiang Rai province in
North Thailand. |
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