Reference : MM-1-17-28

Name of creator(s) : Michael Moerman

Scope and content : 15 June 1965 - Spirit and memberships. Among the Northern Thai a bachelor and widower violate custom if they sleep inside a house. In Ban Phaed anyone may cross the “ping” (threshold) of any house because there are no house spirits. Lao spirits do not allow any non-Lao people or Lao who respect different spirits to go past the fireplace.

Extent and medium : Punch card