The Village of Ban Pha Khao, Vientiane Province: A Preliminary Report |
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Page 36
... donating money is considered to be in direct relation to the person's depth of piety . This is why , without any organized or systematic allotment , the priests never find themselves short of food . The food donated is usually more than ...
... donating money is considered to be in direct relation to the person's depth of piety . This is why , without any organized or systematic allotment , the priests never find themselves short of food . The food donated is usually more than ...
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... donated a small sum through the village chief as a friendly gesture . It was left to the chief to decide whether the money go to the school or the temple . This donation proved most effective in obtaining the trust of the villagers ...
... donated a small sum through the village chief as a friendly gesture . It was left to the chief to decide whether the money go to the school or the temple . This donation proved most effective in obtaining the trust of the villagers ...
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according Age Sex Notes bamboo BAN PHA KHAO belong bilateral Black Thai bonzes Boun boys Buddha Buddhism Chane child Coconut palm cousin marriage cross cousin elder Farmer 57 female fish Former Pho Ban former village headman girl hamlet highway house and land household husband and wife Khao's Khou Khoueng khum kinship group lagers Lin Sao living in Pha male married matrilineal matrilocal to neolocal mother Muong mutual Nong Nieng nuclear families Number of families Occupation one's organization oxcarts paddy fields Paksane Pakse parents Pathet Lao percent person Pha Khao village priests primary school prison guards relationship rice mill Rice storehouse Road Worker Shaman Shyaka social consciousness Spouse structure TABLE Tasseng teacher teknonymy temple tendency unilineal Vegetable gardens Vientiane village chief village road villagers of Pha Wat Pha Wat That Luang water buffalo white cloth women writer