Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage Some of the meat resulting from the slaughter is used as an offering in the ancestral spirit house and the ancestor house, while some is distributed to the participants. The cuts of meat are distributed according to a hierarchical system, in which the head of the ritual and the medium are given the head of a pig. By combining the various body parts of the animal together, the participants signal that they too, are like parts of a body which have been combined.

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage Chickens are also slaughtered as a sacrifice to the ancestral spirits.

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage Chickens are also slaughtered as a sacrifice to the ancestral spirits.

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage Chickens are also slaughtered as a sacrifice to the ancestral spirits.

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage The ritual butcher.

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage The ritual butcher.

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage The ritual butcher.

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage Chickens are also slaughtered as a sacrifice to the ancestral spirits. Participants in the ritual are helping to pluck the chickens.

Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province

12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage Meat and other offerings are put on another spirit stand near the ancestral spirit house and pavilion.