491. Reference : AG-1-1/2-227
Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province
| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Preparing offerings on a shrine. | Slide
Personal Collection
Total : 34,847 item
492. Reference : AG-1-1/2-228
Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province
| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Preparing offerings on a shrine. | Slide
493. Reference : AG-1-1/2-229
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. | Slide
494. Reference : AG-1-1/2-230
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. | Slide
495. Reference : AG-1-1/2-231
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. | Slide
496. Reference : AG-1-1/2-232
Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province
| 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. | Slide
497. Reference : AG-1-1/2-233
Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province
| 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. | Slide
498. Reference : AG-1-1/2-234
Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province
| 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. | Slide
499. Reference : AG-1-1/2-235
Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province
| 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. | Slide
500. Reference : AG-1-1/2-236
Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province
| 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. | Slide
