Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Preparing ritual sweetmeats in the pavilion.

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Elderly women fry khanom kong, a kind of Mon dessert.

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Preparing the offerings. The ritual chief is making candles.

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Preparing the offerings. The ritual chief is making candles.

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

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

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

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

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.

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.

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.