The Guardian Spirit Ritual and wedding ceremony of Lua

Scope and content :

This series consist of 171 photographs that Dr. Anan Ganjanapan took during his fieldwork in Mae Hong Son province in 1987. The picture portrayed the way of life of Lua ethnicity group, traditional costume, weaving, house, as well as guardian spirit ritual that displayed process of ritual, participant, offering, place, and belief. Moreover there are also pictures of Lua wedding ceremony that portrayed process of ceremony, costume, food, play, and belief.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 171 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)

141. Reference : AG-1-1/3-141

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

| 1987 – A Lua-Karen wedding ceremony. | Slide

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

142. Reference : AG-1-1/3-142

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

| 1987 – A Lua-Karen wedding ceremony. Participants eating together. | Slide

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

143. Reference : AG-1-1/3-143

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

| 1987 – A Lua-Karen wedding ceremony. Lua women and men dressed in traditional costume. | Slide

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

144. Reference : AG-1-1/3-144

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

| 1987 – A Lua-Karen wedding ceremony. The bride’s relatives parade to the groom’s house to negotiate the dowry. | Slide

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

145. Reference : AG-1-1/3-145

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

| 1987 – A Lua-Karen wedding ceremony. The bride’s relatives parade to the groom’s house to negotiate the dowry. | Slide

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

146. Reference : AG-1-1/3-146

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

| 1987 – A Lua-Karen wedding ceremony. The groom stages a ‘kidnap’ of the bride from her house, after which her relatives discover her missing and negotiate her dowry with the groom. There is drinking throughout the parade. | Slide

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

147. Reference : AG-1-1/3-147

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

| 1987 – A Lua-Karen wedding ceremony. The groom stages a ‘kidnap’ of the bride from her house, after which her relatives discover her missing and negotiate her dowry with the groom. There is drinking throughout the parade. | Slide

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

148. Reference : AG-1-1/3-148

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

| 1987 – A Lua-Karen wedding ceremony. The groom stages a ‘kidnap’ of the bride from her house, after which her relatives discover her missing and negotiate her dowry with the groom. There is drinking throughout the parade. | Slide

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

149. Reference : AG-1-1/3-149

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

| 1987 – A Lua-Karen wedding ceremony. Lua women and men dressed in traditional costume | Slide

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

150. Reference : AG-1-1/3-150

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province

| 1987 – A Lua-Karen wedding ceremony. People on a porch. | Slide

Wedding of Lau,Mae Hong Son Province