Ethnic group

Scope and content :

The collection consists of 126 photographs which were taken by Prasert Chaipikusit during his social science research about hill-tribes people in Thailand. They were taken in different period of time; 1968-1970, 1974-1977, 1984-1985, and 1998 . The material is photograph of Lisu Karen Aka Lahu and Mlabri in Chiangmai, Chiangrai, Mae Hong Son, and Uthai Thani. The picture portrayed the way of life of each ethnic group; house, food, traditional costume, ceremony, agriculture, as well as belief and ritual like spirit worship and ancestral worship.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 126 photographs

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Prasert Chaipikusit , 2007.

System of arrangemant :

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : No restrictions on access.

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)

121. Reference : PC-1-121

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | This wooden bridge with a thatched roof, crossing a stream, has been built for the stream’s native spirit. According to Lisu belief, such stream spirits require the building of a bridge by anyone whom the spirit has made unwell, and bridges are thus built at the suggestion of a shaman. The shot was taken in 1969. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

122. Reference : PC-1-122

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | An area following reclamation for rice cultivation, five kilometers from Ban Lum, in 1969. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

123. Reference : PC-1-123

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | Blossoming poppy fields in 1969. Members of various hill tribes (Hmong, Yao, Lahu, Lisu, Akha) plant seeds from the opium poppy for the resinous gum it produces. In the morning they use knives to scrape the poppies until the resin flows, and in the afternoon use knives or thin bamboo sticks to sweep away the opium gum. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

124. Reference : PC-1-124

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | A Lisu man playing a musical instrument known as a Khaen (Pa Li Fu Lu in the Lisu tongue), made from calabash and bamboo, and traditionally played in the New Year ceremony. Shot taken in Ban Lum, Papae, Maetang District, Chiang Mai Province, in 1969. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

125. Reference : PC-1-125

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | A Lisu man playing the Pa Li Fu Lu in the New Year ceremony at Ban Thapha, Papae, Maetang District, Chiang Mai Province, in 1975. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

126. Reference : PC-1-126

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | Prasert Chaiyaphikusit and an American volunteer take to their motorcycles to visit Lisu villagers at Ban Thapha, Papae, Maetang District, Chiang Mai Province, in 1975. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand