The Vernon Journal » festival http://vernonjournal.com Life with the Akha. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:08:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Preparing the Feast http://vernonjournal.com/2006/11/preparing-the-feast/ http://vernonjournal.com/2006/11/preparing-the-feast/#comments Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:54:00 +0000 Paul Vernon http://vernonjournal.com/2006/11/02/preparing-the-feast/ It’s the season to celebrate the new rice harvest in Akha villages. It is difficult to describe all the sights and sounds and smells that you experience in the village, but we wanted to show you a small glimpse into the festival at Mae Salong.

Here we have some of our neighbors preparing one of the dishes for the festival meal. They do everything in community, and here they are gathered around on a salah chopping up vegetables. Look at that young boy go! He’s only about 11 years old, but he knows his way around a knife.

Enjoy!

Akha New Rice Festival : video
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