Lao

Scope and content :

This series consists of 215 photographs from Sumit Pitiphat's anthropological fieldwork in Laos. They are about Tai people in Louangnamtha, Houaphan, Muang Sing, Xiangkho, Viantien, Louangphrabang, Xiangkhoang, Xam Nua, Phônsavan, Sop Hao, and Sop Aed. The ethnic group of people appear on this series are Tai Lue, Tai Dam,Tai Daeng, Khmu ,Yuan, and Puan. The picture portrayed the way of life of people such as traditional costume, rice farming, cultivation, weaving, food, vernacular house, habitation, transportation, trading etc.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 215 photographs.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Sumit Pitiphat, 2010.

System of arrangemant : The series is divided base on the place of field work.

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)

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| A Hmong village on top of a hill located along the route from Xiangkhoang to Houaphan, in beautiful landscape. (the majority of Xiangkhoang residents are Hmong. The Hmong prefer to settle in mountainous areas.) | Photograph

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| A Hmong village on the highland named Kaewleuk is located along the route from Xiangkhoang to Houaphan. | Photograph

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| The road conditions and the building for the authorities in Xam Nua, which is isolated. | Photograph

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| The market in Xam Nua is located beside the Xam River. | Photograph

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| Marketeers in the Xam Nua market in the morning. | Photograph

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| A vendor is selling silkworms to be cooked in the Xam Nua market in the morning. | Photograph

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| Vegetables, fruit and wild animals are products that the villagers sell in the Xam Nua market. | Photograph

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| A hog deer is slaughtered for sale at the market, and clients can choose which portion that they want. | Photograph

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| A Tai Dam vendor brings bananas to be sold at the market (different ethnic groups trade at the Xam Nua market). | Photograph

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| A young man is sitting and watching the people at the Xam Nua market. | Photograph

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