Hill Tribal Crafts V

Hill Tribes (cont.):

- Akha (ar-kha or ee-gor) lived in Xishuangbanna region of Yunnan, China and migrated to Burma, Lao and Thailand. They immigrated to many Northern provinces of Thailand almost century, and now around 80,000 populated in Thailand.

Akha, Ar means a fore-word to call a person, Kha means far away, Akha means groups of people who live high on mountain, away from civilization. Akha dislike others to call Ee-gor, which means one person or one group of people.

Every Akha’s village will have an open-air soil courtyard for activities called ‘Dae-Hong’ or ‘Lan-Sao-God’. All cultural activities are happened here, i.e., Spinning Top New Year, Young People Dating, Exorcism Tradition, etc.

They are expert in blacksmithing and cloth sewing crafts. Today recommended product is handmade ‘Akha cotton cushion covers, ‘Tribal Flower’ (pair)’ ,

which is sold by NOVICA who works in association with National Geographic, searches the world to work directly with the finest artisan designers.

(To be continued)