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=Akhas=

A hill tribe inhabeting the uplands of the Shan States of
Kengtung, in the extreme east of Burma, and known to the Shans as
Kaws. They are the most widely spread community in Kengtung, and
in 1901 numbered 26,020 persons. Judged by their language, which
possesses no Mon-Anam or Chinese characteristics, the Akhas are
probably of Tibeto-Burman origin, and seem to be connected with the
trans-Mekong Panna and Lote.

They have long been in contact with
the Chinese, occasionally intermarry with them, know the Chinese
language, and wear a modified pigtail, but are racially quite distinct.
Compared with their neighbours they are tall and dark, and the cast
of their features is less typically Mongolian than that of many of the
surrounding races.

The men's dress differs but little from that of the
Shans and Chinese ; the women have a dress of their own, which varies
from clan to clan, but of which the most characteristic features are a
very short coat, and equally short kilt, cloth leggings, and a head-dress
of bamboo framework elaborately decorated. The Akhas cultivate
cotton and the opium poppy. Their villages are built at a considerable
elevation above the ground, though not at the height chosen by some
of the neighbouring hill tribes.

Their houses are of small dimensions
and squalid. They are great dog-eaters, and do not confine their
attentions to any particular canine breed, as the majority of dog eating
communities do.

The religion of the Akhas is spirit or ancestor
worship, and offerings to the dead are made at their festivals. The
dead are buried and buffaloes are slaughtered at funerals. Their
marriage customs are primitive, and unions with persons of other than
Akha stock are not unknown.

The Akos, a tribe inhabeting portions
of Kengtung, differ somewhat in physical characteristics, in dress, and
in language from the Akhas, but are probably connected with them
racially. The Akos numbered 1,506 in 1901.

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Pdewan: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"| This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLAR..."

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THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.
OXFORD, AT THE CLAR..."