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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| Curve-shape roofed house is vernacular house of Tai Dam [Black Tai]. | Photograph

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| Vernacular houses of Tai Dam [Black Tai] at Sop Aed. | Photograph

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| Tia Dam people at Sop Aed. Even they can conserve traditional house, but they dress up quite similar to Lao people. | Photograph

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| Tai Dam [Black Tai] elderly woman at Sop Aed dresses in traditional costume, which is similar to Tai Dam in Vietnam. (This group migrated from Vietnam to settle in Houaphan province.) | Photograph

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| A Tai Dam [Black Tai] is spreading out shawl before covering the head to express Tai Dam [Black Tai] traditional clothing. | Photograph

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| An elderly woman in traditional, official attire. (wrap-around skirt in red and black moiré pattern.) | Photograph

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| A Tai Dam [Black Tai] elderly woman in mourning attire. Her head is covered with white shawl instead of the black one which is normally used in general occasions. (Shawl is quite similar to Tai Dam [Black Tai] in Petchburi, Thailand). | Photograph

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| Tai Dam [Black Tai] elderly man commonly dresses in black attire according the tradition. | Photograph

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| Tai Dam [Black Tai] vernacular house. On the roof top pieces of wood are crossed like buffalo horn. It shows social status as “principal” or “potentate” in the community. | Photograph

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| Blanket and bedclothes in Tai Dam [Black Tai] house. | Photograph

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