Akha funerals are extensive events. The body is wrapped in a blanket and waits for either a coffin from the forest or for one bought from town. The coffins made from the forest are works of art. A Peeh Mah resides over the funeral, recites the now famous Akha poetry recited at funerals, laying out the way for the dead to walk back to Meo Land. But the poetry is more than that, it is a history and good sense of a people.