Reading a people's mythology permits a fascinating entry into another culture.To help the reader appreciate the details of the myth; Anthony Walker provides an ethnographic introduction to the Lahu people and their way of life. A social anthropologist; Dr. Walker has spent over thirty years studying Lahu cultural traditions. He lived for four years in a Lahu village in North Thailand and subsequently has made almost annual visits to this and other Lahu villages in Thailand and; since 1990; in China.This is the first time that a major English-language translation of the Lahu myth of creation has been published.
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