Reference : AG-1-1/2-232

Name of creator(s) : Anan Ganjanapan

Scope and content : 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Around the wa tree in front of the pavilion. The wa tree is considered to be sacred, and the area is used for slaughter, with the tree representing the forest. The fact that it fruits in abundance during the month of the ritual ties in with the belief that it will help the family have many descendants. Some believe that a wa tree is used because the spirits were purchased from people from the Thai Yai (Shan) tribe under a wa tree. Symbolically, it reflects the relationship between humans and the forest, which generates life and provides a home for the ancestral spirits. Participants in this ritual must clean themselves before entering the pavilion.

Extent and medium : Slide