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2451. Reference : PC-1-116

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | Red Lahu villagers in Ban Pang Fan, Praw District, Chiang Mai Province, in 1968. | Photograph

2452. Reference : PC-1-117

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | Lisu children in Ban Lum, Papae, Maetang District, Chiang Mai Province, in 1969. | Photograph

2453. Reference : PC-1-118

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | Lisu villagers from Ban Lum travel to Chiang Mai to visit the Hill Tribe Research Centre at Chiang Mai University in 1970. | Photograph

2454. Reference : PC-1-119

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | A Lisu man from Ban Lum carrying his gun and satchel back home from the fields in 1969. | Photograph

2455. Reference : PC-1-120

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | A Lisu girl from Ban Lum looking after her brother in 1969. | Photograph

2456. Reference : PC-1-121

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | This wooden bridge with a thatched roof, crossing a stream, has been built for the stream’s native spirit. According to Lisu belief, such stream spirits require the building of a bridge by anyone whom the spirit has made unwell, and bridges are thus built at the suggestion of a shaman. The shot was taken in 1969. | Photograph

2457. Reference : PC-1-122

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | An area following reclamation for rice cultivation, five kilometers from Ban Lum, in 1969. | Photograph

2458. Reference : PC-1-123

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | Blossoming poppy fields in 1969. Members of various hill tribes (Hmong, Yao, Lahu, Lisu, Akha) plant seeds from the opium poppy for the resinous gum it produces. In the morning they use knives to scrape the poppies until the resin flows, and in the afternoon use knives or thin bamboo sticks to sweep away the opium gum. | Photograph

2459. Reference : PC-1-124

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | A Lisu man playing a musical instrument known as a Khaen (Pa Li Fu Lu in the Lisu tongue), made from calabash and bamboo, and traditionally played in the New Year ceremony. Shot taken in Ban Lum, Papae, Maetang District, Chiang Mai Province, in 1969. | Photograph

2460. Reference : PC-1-125

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | A Lisu man playing the Pa Li Fu Lu in the New Year ceremony at Ban Thapha, Papae, Maetang District, Chiang Mai Province, in 1975. | Photograph