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)

31. Reference : SP-1-1-31

Fieldwork research in Lao

| Khlom (Lao yuan) girl at Ban Wieng Tai, Louangnamtha. | Photograph

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| Vihara (a Buddhist assembly hall) at the Ban Viengtai Temple was restored in B.E. 2539 (1996). The villagers are Khlom (Lao Yuan) and the village contains more than 90 households that immigrated from Sayaboury more than 200 years ago. | Photograph

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| The researchers interviewed villagers at Ban Viengtai Temple. The villagers are Khlom (Lao Yuan) (Interviewers: Niwat Chimpali and Tiamjit Puansomjit.) | Photograph

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| Khlom (Loa Yuan) teenagers are hanging at the riverside of Namthan in Ban Viengtai. | Photograph

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| A boat in Namtha River at Ban Viengtai (the boat is an important vehicle for transportation and commuting between villages and fishing.) | Photograph

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| A Khlom novice at Viengtai temple in Louangnamtha. | Photograph

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| A girl caring her brother at Ban Viengtai, Khlom village. | Photograph

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| Traditional house of the Khlom at Ban Viengtai. | Photograph

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| Khlom houses; some are roofed with galvanized iron, but the majority are thatch. | Photograph

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| Swamp in Louangnamtha. | Photograph

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