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The Aka, also known as Hrusso, are found in the Thrinzo area in West Kameng and East Kameng of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family. The West Kameng district is located in the Western part of Arunachal Pradesh. ...
Arunachal Pradesh (अरुणाचल प्रदेश) is a northeastern state of India. ...
The Tibeto-Burman linguistic subfamily of the proposed Sino-Tibetan language family is spoken in various central and south Asian countries: Myanmar (Burmese language), Tibet (Tibetan language), northern Thailand (Mong language), Nepal, Bhutan, India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and the Ladakh region of...
Physical Features Of Tibetan and Assmaese origin, the Aka are a Mongoloid people of fair-complexion. Well bult, the Aka are genarally flat-nosed and prominent cheek-boned. They inhabit at regions around Thrinzo, situated at an elevation from 3000 to 6000 feet, living on the immediate west to the Sherdukpen and east to the Nishi. A Tibetan pilgrim The Tibetans speak the Tibetan language natively and form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), although in anthropological terms they include more than one ethnic group. ...
The term Mongoloid describes a proposed race of humans, most of whom live in Asia and the Pacific Rim. ...
Two Sherdukpen Couples The Sherdukpen are ethnically related to both the Aka and Monpa. ...
Nishi refers to the romanized Japanese word for west. ...
Lifestyle For the convinence of administration, the Aka people elects a chief, who often acts the role of the village headman. Polygamy is widely practiced in their patrilineal society, and the social factor of cross-cousin marriages are accepted. Like most tribes, the Aka have an elementary caste system, the aristocrat Kutsun and the commoner Kevatsum. Polygamy, literally many marriages in ancient Greek, is a marital practice in which a person has more than one spouse simultaneously (as opposed to monogamy where each person has a maximum of one spouse at any one time). ...
Patrilineality is a system in which one belongs to ones fathers lineage; it generally involves the inheritance of property, names or titles through the male line as well. ...
The Aka practice shifting cultivation and rear domestic animals such as the Mithun. Temporary huts, accomodated by young boys, are built near the field to guard the crops from the animals. The staple food of Akas is maize and millet. They plant leaves, pulses, potato and rice. Drinks locally made from fermented maize and millet include Lao pani, Mingri and the Aarah. Binomial name Bos gaurus H. Smith, 1827 The Gaur (Bos gaurus, previously Bibos gauris) is a large, dark-coated ox of the hilly areas of India and Southeast Asia, which may be found wild or domesticated. ...
The Aka live in elognated houses made from bamboo, wood and cane leaves. Raised on platforms about 6 feet above the ground, the Aka house are further sub-divided into three sections. The granary is built away from the main house.
Culture Centuries of Vaishnavatie and intermittent Tibetan influence from the Sherdukpen has shaped the Aka culture into its modern form. Handicrafts, basket weaving and wood carving are the principal arts among the Aka tribe. Two Sherdukpen Couples The Sherdukpen are ethnically related to both the Aka and Monpa. ...
One of the most notable features of Aka arts is the Chinese design of the Jana flower, which can be often found on many of the indigenious haversacks. It is a known legend that the Jana flower represents the commemorate an ancient Tibetan king, who was believed to have led his entire life through daily reincarnations. It was also believed that he lived in an open giant palace that grew the Jana flowers every time the sun sets.
Indigenious festivals under the guidance of a village shaman such as those of the Nechido festival, involves the affiliation with the natural world.
Costume The Aka costume deeply reflects its indiegnious culture. While both sexes keep long hair, there are distinctions in the dress within the Aka. These restrictions involve the use of the Assamese silk and the Tibetan knobbed hat, which are worn among the aristocrats. Assam (অসম) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur. ...
Generally, most men wear a silky Assmaese toga, while the women wear a long, dark-red garment that covers the entire body. Indigenious lingchong cream manufactured from the pine-resin serves as the cosmetics for the Aka women. However, the interesting cane cap reaching three inches high inserted with two bird-feathers serves the highlight of the Aka costume.
Silver ornaments play another important role in the female Aka costume. Vase-shaped earrings and for the richer ones, a fillet of silver chain is worn around the head. Jade necklaces The rich Aka women wear a pretty fillet of silver chain-work round the head. Jade beads are also made into necklaces.
Face tatooing is another notable feature among some Aka. Especially in the case of the women, they tatoo their faces in a straight line from the forehead to the chin.
Religion The Aka are followers of the Donyi-Polo religion, who believed that their greatest ancestor was Abo Teni, the primal man who came from Tibet. However, centuries of Buddhist and Hindu influences have greatly shaped the religious rites of their religion. Superstitions and magic play an important role in their belief system. Shizou proved to be the most popular but unpleasant form of magic ritual among the Aka, and anybody who is angry may resort to conduct the ritual on his foe. Donyi-Polo is a religion in Arunachal Pradesh, followed by the tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. ...
This article is on Historic Tibet. ...
Tibetan Buddhism, (formerly also called Lamaism after their religious gurus known as lamas), is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and the Himalayan region. ...
This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ...
The rituals of Shizhou involoves the slaughtering of a dog, and its blood is subsequently drained from its head. He will either sprinkle the blood onto his enemy undetected, or throw a few drops of blood into his enemy's house, or burn them in his enemy's hearth. If the magic bears appears, the person is supposed to lose his life.
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