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Description
Each time when Hin Lad Nai villagers work on their farmland – either alone or with their friends and families, they usually practice the ceremony called ‘Hliang-Phi Jaothi’. In Hliang-Phi Jaothi they offer some of their food to the guardian spirit or ‘Phi Jaothi’ before having lunch. In practicing the ceremony, they first prepare some food on banana leaves, they pray and call on Phi Jaothi to eat the food. The eldest man from each household does this this process. He holds the rice pack (made from banana leaves), and lays it on stump before squatting down and praying. In this manner they show their respect for the forest’s sacred spirits, as well as their farmland.
Code
HAB-1-1554588432
Date
2019 April 29
Credits / copyrights
Photo by Prasit Siri/Youthgroup of Huay Hin Lad Nai
University
Chiang Mai University
Title
‘Hliang-Phi Jaothi’
Medium
- Image