Rite and Cosmos : an Akha Diary

Reference : H-1-4-40

Name of creator(s) : Lucien and Jane Hanks

Scope and content : 1968 – A diary describing the experience of Jane Hanks meeting Akha upland people for the first time in Chiang Rai Province in the years 1963-1964. She found that much of the old cultural life was still functioning. Since then much has changed, due to the impact of the lowland Thai and their government, environmental changes, and the modern social and political world, both Asiatic and Western.

Extent and medium : Typescript