Anan Ganjanapan

461. Reference : AG-1-1/2-180

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

| 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage The final performance is a rocket festival. By lighting the rockets the participants believe they will bring rain, thus signifying abundance. Before the rocket is lit, it is paraded around the ancestral spirit house. | Slide

462. Reference : AG-1-1/2-181

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

| 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage The final performance is a rocket festival. By lighting the rockets the participants believe they will bring rain, thus signifying abundance. Before the rocket is lit, it is paraded around the ancestral spirit house. | Slide

463. Reference : AG-1-1/2-182

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

| 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage The final performance is a rocket festival. By lighting the rockets the participants believe they will bring rain, thus signifying abundance. Before the rocket is lit, it is paraded around the ancestral spirit house. | Slide

464. Reference : AG-1-1/2-183

| 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage Ancestral spirit mediums act out carrying and riding horses and elephants, catching fish and going to the forest, all activities which relate to their way of life and the general theme of abundance. | Slide

465. Reference : AG-1-1/2-184

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

| 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage Ancestral spirit mediums act out carrying and riding horses and elephants, catching fish and going to the forest, all activities which relate to their way of life and the general theme of abundance. | Slide

466. Reference : AG-1-1/2-185

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

| 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage An intra-kin group battle is enacted, in which horses and elephants engage in the fighting. The image depicts participants using hoops to catch horses and elephants. Such performances simultaneously reflect harmony and conflict. | Slide

467. Reference : AG-1-1/2-186

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

| 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage One mediums carries wooden carvings of horses and elephants, while another medium catches them. | Slide

468. Reference : AG-1-1/2-187

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

| 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage Ancestral spirit mediums act out carrying and riding horses and elephants, catching fish and going to the forest, all activities which relate to their way of life and the general theme of abundance. | Slide

469. Reference : AG-1-1/2-188

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

| 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage The ancestral spirit purchases animals and other things which the guest spirits then catch or find. | Slide

470. Reference : AG-1-1/2-189

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

| 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage The ancestral spirit purchases animals and other things which the guest spirits then catch or find. | Slide