Believe : Recite the ancestor name

     Akha is the tribe who pass on the knowledge to generations by talking, studying. Now Akha change and adapt the way of living and culture to be consistent with the social. This recite the Akha ancestor rise by the Hilltribe Museum online (www’hilltribe.org) has a meeting with the villager about the cultural. The oldest would like to have a recite the ancestor name because day by day it will lost and the name change to be the same the local name and the Akha people speak Thai.      

The Akha have Thai name because would like to have accept from the society but the Shaman don’t want the Akha people forgot symbolic and the shaman tell the story about the Akha name “In the past has Akha girl and boy, they live in the same village and play together. When they grow up, parents take them to go to study in the different town. They are younger, they change the name from Akha to Thai name and they love each other. On day a guy asked the lady to go to his village, also lady would like him to go to her village. On the way to go to the guy village is the same way to go to her village but she didn’t say anything. When they arrive his family, the lady knows that they are the relative” This is the story about who do not know the origin and the root of life.

The recite Akha ancestor name from generations to generations by the Virtual Hilltribe Museum online cooperate with the Apha and Phukor villager (Akha tribe) to keep on about the Akha ancestor name and pass to the new generation. The Akha name is usually the last syllable of father name will be the first syllable of son name. The Akha history, the first person of Akha name Sumio, then when the Akha recite the ancestor name must have Sumio in the lineage. The recite Akha ancestor name usually will have in the big ceremony such as the funeral ceremony or in the time has dark age, they will pray to ask the assist from the ancestor. Usually, Akha will recite the ancestor name when they would like to know they are the close relative or different and other reason is after have a wedding cerebration, the parents will have a recite the ancestor name to make sure that they are not the same ancestor at least 7 generation.       The example of recite the ancestor name “ Sumio Othele Thelejum Jumhmoryae Hmorjaeja Jatheesee Theeseelee Leephubae Phubaeu Uhnohya Hnoyaso Somoow Moowjow Jowthongphong”

The recite the Akha ancestor activities this time, The Virtual Hilltribe Museum online used VDO camera and after finish this activities, the team will take the record to the village. The villager very blissful and proud that they can keep on the ancestor name to the new generations. These activities hopefully can help the new generation who would like to go to live in the city know the root of life and the lineage and proud them self also…….

http://akha.hilltribe.org