Year 1963-1964

Scope and content :

This series consist of 677 photographs from ethnographic fieldwork in 1963-1964 conducted by Charles F. Keyes in northeastern Thailand: Maha Sarakham, Roi Et, Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen, Mukdahan, Kalasin, and Nakhon Phanom. His field research focused on religion, rites, ceremonies, ethnic groups, and history of northeastern Thailand.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 677 photographs

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : By the collaboration between the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre and the University of Washington (UW) under Digital Archive of Research on Thailand (DART) project.

System of arrangemant :

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : No restriction on access.

Creative Commons License : Attribution (CC BY)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution (TK A)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

Rule or convention : Collection, series and file level description based on ISAD(G)

141. Reference : AMK6311.32,AMK6312.14

Palat (Deputy district officer), district community development officer, provincial education supervisor with khāēn, and Khrūyai (Headmaster) with school children at school, 2 photos, Ban Nong Tun village, A. Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, December 1963

| 1963 | Ban Nong Tun, Thambon Khwao, Amphoe Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand,east=103.41014; north=16.12766 | Slide

Palat (Deputy district officer), district community development officer, provincial education supervisor with khāēn, and Khrūyai (Headmaster) with school children at school, 2 photos, Ban Nong Tun village, A. Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, December 1963

142. Reference : 63MK/F-1,63MK/F-2,63MK/F-3,63MK/F-4

Fire Rocket Ceremony (bun bông fai) at which rockets are set off to inform the gods it is time to send the rains, 4 photos. Note the transvestite dress of the men. This is a ritual in which sexual symbolism is blatant.The festsival is of Khmer origin and is Hinduistic, rather than Buddhistic. Maha Sarakham town, Changwat Maha Sarakham, 1963 or 1964

| 1963 | Maha Sarakham Municipality, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand,east=103.3116; north=16.118824 | Slide

Fire Rocket Ceremony (bun bông fai) at which rockets are set off to inform the gods it is time to send the rains, 4 photos. Note the transvestite dress of the men. This is a ritual in which sexual symbolism is blatant.The festsival is of Khmer origin and is Hinduistic, rather than Buddhistic. Maha Sarakham town, Changwat Maha Sarakham, 1963 or 1964

143. Reference : 6405.3

Monk performing house-blessing ritual, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand, January 1964

| 1964 | Ban Nong Tun, Thambon Khwao, Amphoe Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand,east=103.41014; north=16.12766 | Photograph

Monk performing house-blessing ritual, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand, January 1964

144. Reference : 63BNT/E-21

Man making leaf roof for his charcoal shed, Ban Nong Tun, A. Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, 1963 or 1964

| 1963 | Ban Nong Tun, Thambon Khwao, Amphoe Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand,east=103.41014; north=16.12766 | Slide

Man making leaf roof for his charcoal shed, Ban Nong Tun, A. Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, 1963 or 1964

145. Reference : 63NE/P-5

Courtyard with many pieces in process of reconstruction, Phimai, Changwat Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 1963 or 1964

| 1963 | Phimai, Changwat Nakhorn Rachasima, Thailand,east=102.494725; north=15.223235 | Slide

Courtyard with many pieces in process of reconstruction, Phimai, Changwat Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 1963 or 1964

146. Reference : 63BNT/E12

Emptying a pond in a field at beginning of rice field in order to catch the fish, Ban Nong Tun, A. Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, 1963 or 1964

| 1963 | Ban Nong Tun, Thambon Khwao, Amphoe Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand,east=103.41014; north=16.12766 | Slide

Emptying a pond in a field at beginning of rice field in order to catch the fish, Ban Nong Tun, A. Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, 1963 or 1964

147. Reference : 6409.14

Village man holding offering for spirits at thambun bān, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand, January 1964

| 1964 | Ban Nong Tun, Thambon Khwao, Amphoe Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand,east=103.41014; north=16.12766 | Photograph

Village man holding offering for spirits at thambun bān, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand, January 1964

148. Reference : 63BNT/P-15

Man and angus bull, Ban Nong Tun, A. Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, December 1963

| 1963 | Ban Nong Tun, Thambon Khwao, Amphoe Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand,east=103.41014; north=16.12766 | Slide

Man and angus bull, Ban Nong Tun, A. Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, December 1963

149. Reference : 6411.07

Making khāo cī (ข้าวจี่), crispy rice cakes, behind village man’s house – Jane Keyes and village people, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand, February 1964

| 1964 | Ban Nong Tun, Thambon Khwao, Amphoe Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand,east=103.41014; north=16.12766 | Photograph

Making khāo cī (ข้าวจี่), crispy rice cakes, behind village man’s house – Jane Keyes and village people, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand, February 1964

150. Reference : 6413.18

Phra (Monk) pouring water over bones and ashes at tham bun for the dead at a house in Khum Nōn, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand, February 1964

| 1964 | Ban Nong Tun, Thambon Khwao, Amphoe Muang, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand,east=103.41014; north=16.12766 | Photograph

Phra (Monk) pouring water over bones and ashes at tham bun for the dead at a house in Khum Nōn, Changwat Maha Sarakham, Thailand, February 1964