Anthropological Archives Database

491. Reference : AG-1-1/2-227

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Preparing offerings on a shrine. | Slide

by : Anan Ganjanapan

492. Reference : AG-1-1/2-228

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Preparing offerings on a shrine. | Slide

by : Anan Ganjanapan

493. Reference : AG-1-1/2-229

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Preparing offerings on a shrine. The offerings include fruit, betel, flowers, candles, incense sticks and a pile of rice, the latter symbolizing the great Shwedagon Pagoda in the Myanmar capital Yangon, an important monument for those like this group, who claim Mon ancestry. | Slide

by : Anan Ganjanapan

494. Reference : AG-1-1/2-230

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Preparing offerings on a shrine. The offerings include fruit, betel, flowers, candles, incense sticks and a pile of rice, the latter symbolizing the great Shwedagon Pagoda in the Myanmar capital Yangon, an important monument for those like this group, who claim Mon ancestry. | Slide

by : Anan Ganjanapan

495. Reference : AG-1-1/2-231

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) The elderly women in the family are responsible for several duties in the ritual. Depicted is the mae tao kam or mae tao fai, who is responsible for cooking the food and sweetmeats to be used in worship. During the ceremony, she sits in the southeast corner of the pavilion. | Slide

by : Anan Ganjanapan

496. Reference : AG-1-1/2-232

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Around the wa tree in front of the pavilion. The wa tree is considered to be sacred, and the area is used for slaughter, with the tree representing the forest. The fact that it fruits in abundance during the month of the ritual ties in with the belief that it will help the family have many descendants. Some believe that a wa tree is used because the spirits were purchased from people from the Thai Yai (Shan) tribe under a wa tree. Symbolically, it reflects the relationship between humans and the forest, which generates life and provides a home for the ancestral spirits. Participants in this ritual must clean themselves before entering the pavilion. | Slide

by : Anan Ganjanapan

497. Reference : AG-1-1/2-233

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Around the wa tree in front of the pavilion. The wa tree is considered to be sacred, and the area is used for slaughter, with the tree representing the forest. The fact that it fruits in abundance during the month of the ritual ties in with the belief that it will help the family have many descendants. Some believe that a wa tree is used because the spirits were purchased from people from the Thai Yai (Shan) tribe under a wa tree. Symbolically, it reflects the relationship between humans and the forest, which generates life and provides a home for the ancestral spirits. Participants in this ritual must clean themselves before entering the pavilion. | Slide

by : Anan Ganjanapan

498. Reference : AG-1-1/2-234

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Around the wa tree in front of the pavilion. The wa tree is considered to be sacred, and the area is used for slaughter, with the tree representing the forest. The fact that it fruits in abundance during the month of the ritual ties in with the belief that it will help the family have many descendants. Some believe that a wa tree is used because the spirits were purchased from people from the Thai Yai (Shan) tribe under a wa tree. Symbolically, it reflects the relationship between humans and the forest, which generates life and provides a home for the ancestral spirits. Participants in this ritual must clean themselves before entering the pavilion. | Slide

by : Anan Ganjanapan

499. Reference : AG-1-1/2-235

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Around the wa tree in front of the pavilion. The wa tree is considered to be sacred, and the area is used for slaughter, with the tree representing the forest. The fact that it fruits in abundance during the month of the ritual ties in with the belief that it will help the family have many descendants. Some believe that a wa tree is used because the spirits were purchased from people from the Thai Yai (Shan) tribe under a wa tree. Symbolically, it reflects the relationship between humans and the forest, which generates life and provides a home for the ancestral spirits. Participants in this ritual must clean themselves before entering the pavilion. | Slide

by : Anan Ganjanapan

500. Reference : AG-1-1/2-236

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Around the wa tree in front of the pavilion. The wa tree is considered to be sacred, and the area is used for slaughter, with the tree representing the forest. The fact that it fruits in abundance during the month of the ritual ties in with the belief that it will help the family have many descendants. Some believe that a wa tree is used because the spirits were purchased from people from the Thai Yai (Shan) tribe under a wa tree. Symbolically, it reflects the relationship between humans and the forest, which generates life and provides a home for the ancestral spirits. Participants in this ritual must clean themselves before entering the pavilion. | Slide

by : Anan Ganjanapan