Attagara, Kingkeo, 1938-. The folk religion of Ban Nai, a hamlet in central Thailand

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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records Attagara, Kingkeo, 1938-

Title: The folk religion of Ban Nai, a hamlet in central Thailand

Published By: Original publisher Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms. 1968 [1984 copy]. 2, 7, 816 leaves [photographs No. 1 - No. 70 are n ill., maps

By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication by Kingkeo Attagara

HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files, 2000. Computer File

Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis. Central Thai (AO07)

Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF Literature (538); Literary texts (539); Ethics (577); Animism (774); Theological systems (779); Prayers and sacrifices (782); Purification and atonement (783); Prophets and ascetics (792); Organized ceremonial (796); Ethnopsychology (828);

Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document Attagara's dissertation is primarily a presentation of a large body of folklore texts from a rural community in Thailand, Ban Nai. Since the author was interested in how religious beliefs and practices are reflected in folklore, the introductory discussion contains a good quantity of information on Buddhism and folk religion.

Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents 25

Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits. ao07-025

Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs. Monograph

Language: Language that the document is written in English

Note: UM: 68-2261 Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Indiana University, Bloomington, 1967 Includes bibliographical references (p. 811) Photographs No. 1 - No. 70 are not included but the pages and captions are included

Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document 1964-1965

Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data Folklorist, Indigene-4,5

Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection. Marlene Martin ; 1984

Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date). 1964-1965

Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site) Ban Nai hamlet, Napa village community, Cholburi province, Thailand

LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings Thais