Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Ritual slaughter by Chao Phayasuek. The ritual begins by feeding the spirit of Chao Phayasuek’s shield, which he uses for hunting. The Chao Phayasuek spirit performs a spear dance around the wa tree, after which he places chicken and dried fish in a basket and leaves them by the tree trunk.

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Votive ritual. The Chao Phayasuek spirit performs a sword dance around the person making the votive offering, after which he touches his head with a sword three times and chants an incantation, before sprinkling holy water and tying holy thread around the wrists of the person making the offering

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Votive ritual. The Chao Phayasuek spirit performs a sword dance around the person making the votive offering, after which he touches his head with a sword three times and chants an incantation, before sprinkling holy water and tying holy thread around the wrists of the person making the offering.

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) The ritual chief brings dried fish and other offerings to the ancestral spirit shrine.

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) The ancestral spirit medium performs a dance.

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) The spirit medium communicates with the ancestral spirits by hanging onto the cloth known as pha jong and spinning around it in a clockwise direction while music with an aggressive rhythm is played through a bamboo tube.

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Descendants participate in the ritual.

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Descendants participate in the ritual.

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Spirit mediums dance around the pha jong cloth in the center of the pavilion.