An Akha Funeral


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This ceremony seemingly involved channeling the spirit of the deceased. The phi ma slaughtered a pig and built a small mound of ashes; there are four eggs nestled on the top of the mound. Apparently the phi ma is calling for the deceased’s ghost to show himself by putting his footsteps in the ashes.

 

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