Akha

• “Every year hundredschild marriage held inRajasthan, Indiaon a particular day known as Akha teej or Aksay tritya.”

  Husband gunned down his minor wife for not staying with him

• “They're a cross between the Lisu, the Hmong, and the Lahu, with a touch of Akha added in.”

  An Interview with Mischa Berlinski

• “You only have to ask 17-year-old Joe of Akha hill ethnic tribe in Thailand's Chiang Rai province, about the daily strife of living without an identity.”

  The Huffington Post: Davinder Kumar: No Country for Stateless People

• “(Soundbite of barking dogs) SULLIVAN: In this Akha village, the dogs are suspicious but the people friendly.”

  NPR: Mekong Flows Along Troubled Myanmar's East

• “The ethnic Shan majority tend to live in the lowlands; the Akha, high in the mountains; and the ethnic Lahu and the Wa somewhere in between.”

  NPR: Mekong Flows Along Troubled Myanmar's East

• “MAWAI (Farmer): (Through translator) Twenty or 30 years ago, many Akha were still animists.”

  NPR: Mekong Flows Along Troubled Myanmar's East

• “Many Akha have now converted to Christianity; Myanmar's government has also forbidden people from killing newborns.”

  NPR: Mekong Flows Along Troubled Myanmar's East

• “The houses, the same simple wooden structures the Akha have built for generations.”

  NPR: Mekong Flows Along Troubled Myanmar's East

• “Many are ethnic minorities such as Lisu, Shan and Akha; some wear traditional dress, including a few Akha women with striking head coverings dripping silver ornaments.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Moveable Feast

• “The first Diwali or Akha-tij festival after the wedding must also be passed at the husband's house, but consummation is not effected until the _aina_ or _gauna_ ceremony is performed on the attainment of puberty.”

  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II

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