2. Thailand
  3. Isaan

Isaan Lao Loum Funeral Ritual

Photographs documenting the Lao Loum ethnic minority of Isaan (North East Thailand) funeral ritual, a combination of Buddhist, Hindu, and Animist practices.
Read More
Monks descend Crematorium Stairs After Making Final Farewell
5 / 33

Monks descend Crematorium Stairs After Making Final Farewell

IsaanEsarnEssanThailandLao LoumfuneralritualdeaddeathBuddhistMonksprintsfor salefuneraillesa vendrephotographiecustomriteceremony

  • Boys Getting Their Head and Eyebrows Removed To Participate In the Funeral Ritual for a Relative
  • A Grandson, A Novice Monk, Participates In the Ritual Inside the Family Home
  • Laying In State Inside the Family Home
  • The Body Lays In State In the Family Home
  • Monks descend Crematorium Stairs After Making Final Farewell
  • Side Panel of Refrigerated Coffin
  • Loading The Casket On Farm Truck to Go To the Local Wat In Baan Tahsang
  • Preparing To Walk to the Local Wat From the Deceased Person's Home
  • Preparing To Walk to the Local Wat From the Deceased Person's Home
  • Monks Lead the Funeral Procession to the Wat
  • Monks and Novices, Many of them Relatives, Lead the Funeral Procession to the Wat
  • Monks Lead the Funeral Procession to the Wat
  • Farm Truck Carrying Worldly Possessions Trails the Funeral Procession
  • Popped Rice Offerings to the Spirits As the Funeral Procession Enters the Wat Grounds
  • The Funeral Procession Making One of Three Circumambulations of the Crematorium
  • One of Three Circumambulations of the Wat Crematorium In Baan Tahsang
  • Family, Friends, and Neighbors Participate In the Funeral Merit Making Ritual
  • Monks Climb the Stairs of the Crematorium to the Furnace
  • A Villager Accepts Offerings To Bring Up to the Casket
  • Offerings, In the Name of the Deceased, Are Carried Down from the Crematorium
  • No Comments
  • Photo Sharing
  • About SmugMug
  • Browse Photos
  • Prints & Gifts
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Owner Log In
© 2022 SmugMug, Inc.