Year 1958-1961

Scope and content :

1958-1961. The first field work trip of Moerman in Thailand. He spent almost 3 years to collected field data about the Lue society, tradition, culture, and daily life of Tai Lue community at Ban Phaed, Payao province. 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

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-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution Non-Commercial (TK A-NC)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

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

361. Reference : MM-1-11-79

Funeral of po: thawnankhammi.

| Khammi's funeral. Procedure and equipment for ritual including: process of cremation; funerary activities; rituals following cremation. | Punch card

Funeral of po: thawnankhammi.

362. Reference : MM-1-11-80

Funeral of me kew.

| Preparations for a cremation including: date and items used in the ritual; announcement; coffin making; corpse procession; activities and ritual following the cremation. | Punch card

Funeral of me kew.

363. Reference : MM-1-11-81

Funeral in the old days.

| In the past, those who are wealthy are able to hold a funeral. People who die by accident must be buried, cremation is prohibited. Because people are against burial, the funeral rituals have been changed. | Punch card

Funeral in the old days.

364. Reference : MM-1-11-82

Death.

| Placement of the body of deceased people. | Punch card

Death.

365. Reference : MM-1-11-83

Finding a good day for burial & cremation.

| Belief in the date of burial or cremation. | Punch card

Finding a good day for burial & cremation.

366. Reference : MM-1-11-84

Death of dam.

| Dam was sick and finally passed away in Lampang. | Punch card

Death of dam.

367. Reference : MM-1-11-85

Fatal illness of coj.

| Coj's sickness. Villager believed that it was caused from being offensive to a spirit. The procedure of the funeral. | Punch card

Fatal illness of coj.

368. Reference : MM-1-11-86

Thamacaj R? on funeral customs

| Moerman asked Thammachai about the custom of a funeral. | Punch card

Thamacaj R? on funeral customs

369. Reference : MM-1-11-87

M.caj r? about furneral.

| Details of the funeral arrangement. Bathing a dead body before putting it in a coffin; preparing food for the spirit; and the burial place. | Punch card

M.caj r? about furneral.

370. Reference : MM-1-11-88

Circulation of information and knowledge of outside world.

| Villager opinions: illness, working with a foreign boss, international flight, transportation. | Punch card

Circulation of information and knowledge of outside world.