The Ulo Akha headdress can also be worn without the full cone, simply as a head covering. Many Ulo Akha women still wear their headdress all the time - certainly made easier by this modification.
This woman is smoking tobacco (nope, not opium) that she grew on her little plot of land in a traditional Akha pipe.
Ayi Akha Village, Mae Faluang, Chiang Rai 2009-12
