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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Fieldwork research in Lao

| A Hmong woman is carrying her child and walking on the Plain of Jars, which is located near to Hmong villages. The Hmong people dress in a similar fashion to the Lao people. | Photograph

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| Middle-size jars at the Plain of Jars site three. Many of them were damaged by the bombs during the war between Vietnam and the US. | Photograph

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| The Plain of Jars site three is also land used by the villagers for raising cattle. | Photograph

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| A Puan woman is solitarily reaping rice in Ban Pai, Koun. | Photograph

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| ผู้หญิงเกี่ยวข้าวพร้อมรอยยิ้มให้ตากล้องถ่ายรูป | Photograph

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| A Puan man commonly carries a large knife while he is out for self-protection. | Photograph

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| The rice fields await harvest. | Photograph

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| Deun or yard to trap swallows for cooking and sale in Xiangkhoang. It is commonly used in this area. | Photograph

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| Pine trees are clumped together in the grasslands close to Ban Mee or Muang Paek. The latter is called Paek (Pine tree in Lao) because of the number of pine trees in the area. | Photograph

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| Horses grazing on the field in Ban Mee. | Photograph

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