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)

301. Reference : AG-1-1/2-218

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province

| 14-16 March 1987 - Votive ritual to ancestral spirits (Phee Meng) Pictured is the ritual chief. As this family has not performed a ritual for a long time, they have had to hire a chief from another family. Dried fish is used as an offering. On the first day, the pavilion needs to be built before breakfast. The ritual chief, alongside anyone needing to perform a votive ritual and elderly members of the family, invites the ancestral spirits from the ancestral spirit house into the pavilion in order that they might receive the offerings and participate in the ritual. | Slide

Ancestral Ritual, Lumpang Province