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Lifestyle
January
- Picking up leaves to repair
the houses.
February
- Cutting leaves to repair
the roofs or building new houses.
March
- Picking up grass to make brooms.
April
- Preparing the soil to plant
rice by cutting or burning the grass.
- Digging ditches around the village so that the fires will
not burn their houses.
May
- Planting corn, ginger and
dig the soil to plant fruit trees.
June
- Planting rice and vegetables.
July
- Picking up bamboo shoots.
August
- Looking for worms in bamboo
plants to eventually cook them.
September
- Looking for worms in bamboo
plants and shoots to eventually cook them.
October
- Harvesting the rice.
November
- Harvesting the rice.
December
- Resting after the harvest
season and sewing.
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Culture
April
- Red Egg New Year. This is
a celebration of the New Year for the children. Eggs are boiled
in herbs to dye them to a red colour.
May
- Celebration for the pond.
Every Akha village has a pond that provides water. During
this ceremony, the water is blessed and used for the celebration.
June
- During the rainy season, a
ceremony is held before planting. This is to celebrate fertility.
August
- Swing New Year. This is the
celebration of the New Year for the women and girls. After
the plantation season, the women are free.
September
- Application of the Akha rules.
This is normally held for a period of three months but, in
modern times, is now practiced for three days.
October
- Bamboo Knife Ceremony. This
ceremony is held to chase away ghosts.
November
- This is the time of year to
eat the new Akha rice.
December
- Top New Year. This is the
celebration of the New Year for the men and boys. During this
celebration, the men play with the top.
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