Ancestral Ritual

Scope and content :

This series consist of 301 photographs that Dr. Anan Ganjanapan took during his fieldwork in Prae and Lamapang province in 1986 and 1987. The first 196 photographs portrayed the ancestral ritual of Prae royalty lineage. Another 105 photographs are from the ancestral ritual in Lampang province. The ritual displayed process of ritual, spirit mediums, the ancestor house, ritual pavilion, participants, offering use for ritual, as well as belief.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 301 photographs

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Anan Ganjanapan , 2008.

System of arrangemant : The series base on issue of studying.

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : No restrictions on access.

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)

251. Reference : AG-1-1/2-267

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Ritual slaughter by Chao Phayasuek. The ritual begins by feeding the spirit of Chao Phayasuek’s shield, which he uses for hunting. The Chao Phayasuek spirit performs a spear dance around the wa tree, after which he places chicken and dried fish in a basket and leaves them by the tree trunk. | Slide

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

252. Reference : AG-1-1/2-268

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Ritual slaughter by Chao Phayasuek. The ritual begins by feeding the spirit of Chao Phayasuek’s shield, which he uses for hunting. The Chao Phayasuek spirit performs a spear dance around the wa tree, after which he places chicken and dried fish in a basket and leaves them by the tree trunk. | Slide

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

253. Reference : AG-1-1/2-269

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Votive ritual. The Chao Phayasuek spirit performs a sword dance around the person making the votive offering, after which he touches his head with a sword three times and chants an incantation, before sprinkling holy water and tying holy thread around the wrists of the person making the offering | Slide

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

254. Reference : AG-1-1/2-270

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Votive ritual. The Chao Phayasuek spirit performs a sword dance around the person making the votive offering, after which he touches his head with a sword three times and chants an incantation, before sprinkling holy water and tying holy thread around the wrists of the person making the offering. | Slide

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

255. Reference : AG-1-1/2-271

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) The ritual chief brings dried fish and other offerings to the ancestral spirit shrine. | Slide

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

256. Reference : AG-1-1/2-272

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) The ancestral spirit medium performs a dance. | Slide

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

257. Reference : AG-1-1/2-273

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) The spirit medium communicates with the ancestral spirits by hanging onto the cloth known as pha jong and spinning around it in a clockwise direction while music with an aggressive rhythm is played through a bamboo tube. | Slide

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

258. Reference : AG-1-1/2-274

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Descendants participate in the ritual. | Slide

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

259. Reference : AG-1-1/2-275

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Descendants participate in the ritual. | Slide

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

260. Reference : AG-1-1/2-276

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Spirit mediums dance around the pha jong cloth in the center of the pavilion. | Slide

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province