Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province | 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage
In addition to the battle dancing, the ritual pavilion also plays host to other performances depicting such tasks as rowing, rafting, hunting, and rounding up elephants and horses. Such plays show activities typical of agricultural life.
Female mediums seem to find relief from traditional gender constraints by drinking copious amounts of alcohol. | Slide
Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province | 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage
In addition to the battle dancing, the ritual pavilion also plays host to other performances depicting such tasks as rowing, rafting, hunting, and rounding up elephants and horses. Such plays show activities typical of agricultural life.
Female mediums seem to find relief from traditional gender constraints by drinking copious amounts of alcohol. | Slide
Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province | 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage
In addition to the battle dancing, the ritual pavilion also plays host to other performances depicting such tasks as rowing, rafting, hunting, and rounding up elephants and horses. Such plays show activities typical of agricultural life.
Female mediums seem to find relief from traditional gender constraints by drinking copious amounts of alcohol. | Slide
Ancestral Ritual, Prae Province | 12-15 March 1986 - Ancestral Ritual of the Phrae Royal lineage
In addition to the battle dancing, the ritual pavilion also plays host to other performances depicting such tasks as rowing, rafting, hunting, and rounding up elephants and horses. Such plays show activities typical of agricultural life.
Female mediums seem to find relief from traditional gender constraints by drinking copious amounts of alcohol. | Slide
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. | Slide
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. | Slide
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. | Slide
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. | Slide
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. | Slide
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. | Slide
