Akha people
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The Akha people are an indigenous hill tribe of Southeast Asia known for their distinct traditional dress, animist beliefs, and villages in the mountainous border regions of countries such as Thailand and Myanmar.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Akha people canonical | 8 |
| Lahu people | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| challenge |
citizenship and legal status issues in some countries
ⓘ
cultural assimilation pressures ⓘ land tenure insecurity ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
Laos ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| culturalTrait |
distinctive traditional dress
ⓘ
elaborate women headdresses ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ ritual calendar ⓘ ritual gates at village entrances ⓘ |
| ethnogenesis | Tibeto-Burman peoples ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ |
| linguisticSubgroup | Loloish languages ⓘ |
| livelihoodChange |
increasing involvement in cash-crop agriculture
ⓘ
participation in tourism ⓘ |
| materialCulture |
beadwork
ⓘ
handwoven textiles ⓘ silver ornaments ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | historical southward migration from Yunnan ⓘ |
| notableRegion |
Golden Triangle region
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Triangle
|
| populationStatus |
ethnic minority in Laos
ⓘ
ethnic minority in Myanmar ⓘ ethnic minority in Thailand ⓘ ethnic minority in Yunnan, China ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Akha language ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| relatedGroup | Hani people ⓘ |
| religiousChange |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ |
| riteOfPassage | elaborate coming-of-age ceremonies ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
patrilineal clans
ⓘ
village-based organization ⓘ |
| traditionalCrop |
maize
ⓘ
opium poppy ⓘ rice ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
subsistence agriculture
ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | stilt houses ⓘ |
| traditionalLaw | customary law system ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion |
ancestor worship
ⓘ
animism ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
hill country
ⓘ
mountainous regions ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lahu people
subject surface form:
Northern Thailand