Anan Ganjanapan

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Professor Dr.Anan Ganjanapan is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Cornell University and has served as a Chairman of the Graduate Committee at the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development. His research interests include economic anthropology, environmental management, history of rural economy and society, history of the Lanna, rituals and beliefs, social theory of development, and ethnology.

The collection consists of 754 photographs which were recorded by Anan Ganjanapan during his anthropological fieldworks in Thailand. There are 3 series of material in his collection : Research at Ban Sanpong, Sanpathong, Chiengmai in 1980-1981, Ancestral Ritual, Prae and Lampang Province in 1986, and Wedding of Lau, Mae Hong Son Province in 1987.

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Research at Ban Sanpong, Sanpathong, Chiengmai

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Ancestral Ritual

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The Guardian Spirit Ritual and wedding ceremony of Lua

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Ancestral Ritual

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.

by : Anan Ganjanapan

Ancestral Ritual

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.

by : Anan Ganjanapan

Ancestral Ritual

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.

by : Anan Ganjanapan

Ancestral Ritual

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.

by : Anan Ganjanapan

Ancestral Ritual

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.

by : Anan Ganjanapan

Ancestral Ritual

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.

by : Anan Ganjanapan

Ancestral Ritual

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.

by : Anan Ganjanapan

Ancestral Ritual

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.

by : Anan Ganjanapan

Ancestral Ritual

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.

by : Anan Ganjanapan