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The Akha Way

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The Akha Way

Price: $295.00
Filmmaker Name: Sharon Hainsfurther
Film Length: 25 min
Film Year: 1999
Duration: 21-45 min
Decade: 1990s
Color: color
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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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