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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| Rice fields in the valley on the route from Xam Nua to Sop Hao. | Photograph

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| A stream flows through the low-step rice fields in the valley. There is irrigation to conserve water for the dry season and to raise fowl for sale and to cook on special occasions. | Photograph

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| A Tai Daeng woman walks back home. | Photograph

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| The Tai Daeng live near Sop Hao, Houaphan province. | Photograph

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| A Tai Daeng woman sitting in front of her house, which is built in a simple style, near Sop Hao. | Photograph

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| A Tai Daeng woman and her children in a small village near Sop Hao. | Photograph

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| Tai Daeng children are playing in stream near Sop Hao. | Photograph

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| Tai Daeng children putting a raft in the stream near Sop Hao, Houaphan, Laos. (Children commonly make their living by the river). | Photograph

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| Tai Daeng children, who are playing in the river, line up to be photographed by a stranger (Sumit is the photographer). | Photograph

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| Rocks used to dam the river in order to retain water for a reserve. Sometimes villagers go fishing alongside the dam. | Photograph

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