Year 1962-1966

Scope and content :

1962-1966. This series consist of 187 records of punch card, letter, and postcard. These materials are from the second field work trip of Moerman in Thailand. He revisited Ban Phaed, Payao province to collect additional field data.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 187 records of punch card, letter, and postcard.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Michael Moerman, 2005.

System of arrangemant : The series is divided base on the periods of field work in Thailand.

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : Some restriction on access. To respect in intellectual property right, the original material (hard copy) may not allowed to access. Please contact staff if you need more information.

Creative Commons License : Attribution (CC BY)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution (TK A)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

Rule or convention : Collection, series and file level description based on ISAD(G)

154

Punchcard

31

Letter

2

Postcard

31. Reference : MM-1-17-41

Child training.

| 17 June 1965 – Training children: children are told not to point their feet. Children are told not to come too close or to play too close to Moerman. Moreover girls are not allow to come too close to priests and novices, and must not sit improperly. Children should be polite and stay calm when visiting other houses. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Child training.

32. Reference : MM-1-17-42

House.

| 17 June 1965 - The difference between the roof of Pingyao’s house and that of the headman. “Hong” is the distance between the center of one post and that of another. In the past carpenters used the “sok” as the unit of measurement for house building. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

House.

33. Reference : MM-1-17-43

Titles.

| 17 June 1965 - Titles: Mae Chang called Moerman “luk” (son). | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Titles.

34. Reference : MM-1-17-44

Varities of people.

| 18 June 1965 - Varieties of people: the Ho live in the border between China and Burma. Villagers believe the Ho to be cannibals. Priests teach that eating human flesh is forbidden. Other residents of the village are members of the Kha, Lisu, Iko, Black Tai, Lao, Shan and Khamu peoples. Teacher Nak thought the Lue were a mountain people because they always walk in single file. In fact there are no roads where the Lue live, and they walk in rice field dykes. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Varities of people.

35. Reference : MM-1-17-45

House.

| 18 June 1965 – The size of the headman’s house, the quantity and size of the rooms, the size of other parts of the house, the roof, posts, doors, windows, walls, floor and stairs. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

House.

36. Reference : MM-1-17-46

Map.

| 28 June 1965 – It takes half an hour to walk from the edge of the field to the village, and another half hour to Nandam's field. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Map.

37. Reference : MM-1-17-47

Farming.

| 18 June 1965 - Maung's rice farming: plowing by tractor, planting and harvesting the crop. In high upland areas there is no need to plow the paddy fields, as the water just flows into them. The lower fields receive water first. After the low fields are plowed and planted, water is given to the higher fields. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Farming.

38. Reference : MM-1-17-48

Greetings.

| 18 -25 June 1965 - Greetings – people greet each other by asking “where are you going?” They say good bye by making a “wai” (especially to older people). | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Greetings.

39. Reference : MM-1-17-49

Pinong.

| 18 – 22 June 1965 - Sharp’s party is a group who called themselves by various kinship terms in relation to Moerman and Marieanne. Although they are not blood relatives they know, love and respect each other. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Pinong.

40. Reference : MM-1-17-50

Temple : ngen satha.

| 18 June 1965 – The money belonging to the temple is the total given over 4-5 years by each person. Nan Jot and Mai No have the authority to spend the temple’s money. The present clergy are not very familiar with the northern Thai script. Currently the Chiang Tung script is used, similar to the Chiang Tung script from Chiang Rai, which is read using Thai sounds. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Temple : ngen satha.