DOCSLIB.ORG

Special Issue 2, August 2015

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Special Issue 2, August 2015 Special Issue 2, August 2015 Published by the Center for Lao Studies ISSN: 2159-2152 www.laostudies.org ______________________ Special Issue 2, August 2015 Information and Announcements i-ii Introducing a Second Collection of Papers from the Fourth International 1-5 Conference on Lao Studies. IAN G. BAIRD and CHRISTINE ELLIOTT Social Cohesion under the Aegis of Reciprocity: Ritual Activity and Household 6-33 Interdependence among the Kim Mun (Lanten-Yao) in Laos. JACOB CAWTHORNE The Ongoing Invention of a Multi-Ethnic Heritage in Laos. 34-53 YVES GOUDINEAU An Ethnohistory of Highland Societies in Northern Laos. 54-76 VANINA BOUTÉ Wat Tham Krabok Hmong and the Libertarian Moment. 77-96 DAVID M. CHAMBERS The Story of Lao r: Filling in the Gaps. 97-109 GARRY W. DAVIS Lao Khrang and Luang Phrabang Lao: A Comparison of Tonal Systems and 110-143 Foreign-Accent Rating by Luang Phrabang Judges. VARISA OSATANANDA Phuan in Banteay Meancheay Province, Cambodia: Resettlement under the 144-166 Reign of King Rama III of Siam THANANAN TRONGDEE The Journal of Lao Studies is published twice per year by the Center for Lao Studies, 65 Ninth Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, USA. For more information, see the CLS website at www.laostudies.org. Please direct inquiries to [email protected]. ISSN : 2159-2152 Books for review should be sent to: Justin McDaniel, JLS Editor 223 Claudia Cohen Hall 249 S. 36th Street University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 Copying and Permissions Notice: This journal provides open access to content contained in every issue except the current issue, which is open to members of the Center for Lao Studies. Once a new issue is published, the contents of this issue will be made freely available. We agree with the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Authors who publish with this journal retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non- exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work. For all others requesting permission to republish, resell, or repurpose material, please contact the CLS at [email protected]. Editors: Justin McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania Vatthana Pholsena, Institut d’Asie Orientale, Lyon, France Editorial Board: Soulinhakhath (Steve) Arounsack, California State U., Stanislaus, USA Ian G. Baird, University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA Carol J. Compton, Independent Scholar, USA Nick J. Enfield, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The Netherlands Anne Frank, (retired), University of California, Irvine, USA Gregory Green, Cornell University, USA Gary Lee, Bilingual Welfare Service Team, Cabramatta Community Centre, Australia Mark Pfiefer, Texas A and M University, Corpus Christi, USA Boike Rehbein, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Phitsamay Sychitkokhong Uy, Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University, USA The Journal of Lao Studies, Volume 5, Issue 1, pps i-ii. ISSN : 2159-2152. Published by the Center for Lao Studies at www.laostudies.org ii JLS Announcements and Information Cover by Gregory Green. Image of Vat Sisaket, Vientiane, Laos adapted from: Smyth, H. Warrington. Notes of a Journey on the Upper Mekong, Siam. London: Published for the Royal Geographical Society by J. Murray, 1895. pp. 75. CLS Board of Directors: Prany Sananikone, University of California at Irvine, CA, USA (Chair) Gregory Green, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Amy Bowers, Consultant, Wisconsin, USA Bounlieng Phommasouvanh, Retired, CA, USA Samantha M. Saechao, EOPS/CARE Program Coordinator, Redding, CA, USA Phoumy Sayavong, Laney College, Oakland, CA, USA Panechanh Sinantha-Hu, Manager/Owner Medical Office, Redding, CA, USA Genevieve K. Siri, Phoenix, AZ, USA Vinya Sysamouth, CLS Executive Director, CA, USA Announcements: Call for Article Submissions for the JLS: The study of Laos and the Lao has grown significantly over the past decade. With the opening up of some historical and manuscript archives, the improvement of communication and transportation, and the launching of joint Lao-foreign research projects, Laos has attracted a number of new scholars in diverse fields of expertise. The Journal of Lao Studies (JLS) is an exciting new scholarly project which is expected to become the first and most prestigious venue for researchers who work on Laos. We are now accepting submissions of articles, book review suggestions, review articles (extended reviews of major publications, trends in the field, or of political, social, or economic events). These submissions can cover studies on Laos, the Lao diaspora (Northeast Thailand, Europe, the Americas, Australia, and so on), or studies in regards to ethnic groups found in Laos (Hmong, Akha, Khmu, among others). Language: Lao and English are the main languages, other languages are welcomed. Please check with the editors first before submitting articles in other languages not listed here. Introducing a Second Collection of Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Lao Studies (4ICLS) By Guest Editors: Ian G. Baird1 and Christine Elliott2 The Fourth International Conference of Lao Studies (4ICLS) was held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) in Madison, Wisconsin, in the United States, from April 19–21, 2013. The conference was organized by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Center for Lao Studies (CLS), based in San Francisco, California. 4ICLS brought together over 250 scholars, students and community members from around the world with various interests related to Lao studies. During the conference, a total of 38 panels and 120 individual presentations addressed a wide range of topics. As with past international Lao studies conferences, 4ICLS defined “Lao studies” broadly so as to include not only scholarly research related to ethnic Lao people, but also peoples from all ethnic groups found in Laos, including but not limited to the Hmong, Iu- Mien, Khmu, Lue, Lamet, Tai Dam, Brao, Akha, Jrou and Brou. The government of Laos presently recognizes 49 major ethnic groups and over 160 subgroups (Lao Front for National Construction 2005). In addition to these groups, the conference covered ethnic Lao peoples (and speakers of other Tai languages) living in other countries in Asia such as Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam and China. Research presentations related to people from all the ethnic groups found in Laos but who live in other parts of the world, including former refugees and their descendants and other immigrants to North America, Europe and Oceania, as well as those with roots in Laos but who now identify as Lao Americans, Hmong Americans or simply Asian Americans, also contributed to the conference. This is the second special issue of the Journal of Lao Studies (JLS) that includes papers presented at 4ICLS. The first issue, which came out in March 2015, included a short introduction, much like this one, and eight full-length research articles focusing on a wide range of topics. This issue contains this introduction and seven additional full- length research papers, all of which passed through a rigorous double-blind peer-review process (two or three reviewers per paper). We are grateful for the helpful feedback provided by the many prominent scholars who agreed to serve as referees. Their comments were crucial for ensuring the quality of the final published papers. We also thank Rebecca May for her expert support in copyediting the papers. This special issue explores two important but considerably different areas within Lao studies: upland peoples and Tai linguistics. The first group includes four papers 1 Ian G. Baird: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N. Park St., Madison, Wisconsin, 53706 USA, [email protected] 2 Christine Elliott: Faculty Assistant, Program in English as a Second Language, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 5134 Helen C. White, 600 N. Park St., Madison, Wisconsin, 53706 USA, [email protected] The Journal of Lao Studies, Special Issue 2, 2015, pps 1-5. ISSN : 2159-2152. Published by the Center for Lao Studies at www.laostudies.org 2 Introduction related to upland peoples from Laos, all of which rely on ethnography as their primary method of study. The first paper in this group discusses the people from the Kim Mun ethnic group in northern Laos, the second considers upland ethnic minorities in Xekong Province in southern Laos, the third examines people from the Phounoy ethnic group in the far north, and the fourth relates to Lao Hmong people living at the Wat Tham Krabok Buddhist temple in Saraburi, central Thailand. The second focus of this special issue is Tai linguistics, particularly Lao language varieties and other related Tai dialects. There are three articles in this group. The first deals with the history of “r” in the spoken and written Lao language. The second discusses the relationship between the language of “Lao Khrang” people in central and northern Thailand—people who were originally from the Luang Phrabang area in Laos—and the variety of Lao currently spoken in Luang Phrabang today. The third relates to the language of ethnic Phuan/Phouan people living in northern Cambodia. The first paper, written by Jacob Cawthorne, a PhD candidate in the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne in Australia, examines the ritual life of ethnic Kim Mun people in northern Laos.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Indigenous Peoples/Ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction: Regional Report
    INDIGENOUS PEOPLES/ETHNIC MINORITIES AND POVERTY REDUCTION REGIONAL REPORT Roger Plant Environment and Social Safeguard Division Regional and Sustainable Development Department Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines June 2002 © Asian Development Bank 2002 All rights reserved Published June 2002 The views and interpretations in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Asian Development Bank. ISBN No. 971-561-438-8 Publication Stock No. 030702 Published by the Asian Development Bank P.O. Box 789, 0980, Manila, Philippines FOREWORD his publication was prepared in conjunction with an Asian Development Bank (ADB) regional technical assistance (RETA) project on Capacity Building for Indigenous Peoples/ T Ethnic Minority Issues and Poverty Reduction (RETA 5953), covering four developing member countries (DMCs) in the region, namely, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Viet Nam. The project is aimed at strengthening national capacities to combat poverty and at improving the quality of ADB’s interventions as they affect indigenous peoples. The project was coordinated and supervised by Dr. Indira Simbolon, Social Development Specialist and Focal Point for Indigenous Peoples, ADB. The project was undertaken by a team headed by the author, Mr. Roger Plant, and composed of consultants from the four participating DMCs. Provincial and national workshops, as well as extensive fieldwork and consultations with high-level government representatives, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), and indigenous peoples themselves, provided the basis for poverty assessment as well as an examination of the law and policy framework and other issues relating to indigenous peoples. Country reports containing the principal findings of the project were presented at a regional workshop held in Manila on 25–26 October 2001, which was attended by representatives from the four participating DMCs, NGOs, ADB, and other finance institutions.
    [Show full text]
  • Mon-Khmer Studies Volume 41
    Mon-Khmer Studies VOLUME 42 The journal of Austroasiatic languages and cultures Established 1964 Copyright for these papers vested in the authors Released under Creative Commons Attribution License Volume 42 Editors: Paul Sidwell Brian Migliazza ISSN: 0147-5207 Website: http://mksjournal.org Published in 2013 by: Mahidol University (Thailand) SIL International (USA) Contents Papers (Peer reviewed) K. S. NAGARAJA, Paul SIDWELL, Simon GREENHILL A Lexicostatistical Study of the Khasian Languages: Khasi, Pnar, Lyngngam, and War 1-11 Michelle MILLER A Description of Kmhmu’ Lao Script-Based Orthography 12-25 Elizabeth HALL A phonological description of Muak Sa-aak 26-39 YANIN Sawanakunanon Segment timing in certain Austroasiatic languages: implications for typological classification 40-53 Narinthorn Sombatnan BEHR A comparison between the vowel systems and the acoustic characteristics of vowels in Thai Mon and BurmeseMon: a tendency towards different language types 54-80 P. K. CHOUDHARY Tense, Aspect and Modals in Ho 81-88 NGUYỄN Anh-Thư T. and John C. L. INGRAM Perception of prominence patterns in Vietnamese disyllabic words 89-101 Peter NORQUEST A revised inventory of Proto Austronesian consonants: Kra-Dai and Austroasiatic Evidence 102-126 Charles Thomas TEBOW II and Sigrid LEW A phonological description of Western Bru, Sakon Nakhorn variety, Thailand 127-139 Notes, Reviews, Data-Papers Jonathan SCHMUTZ The Ta’oi Language and People i-xiii Darren C. GORDON A selective Palaungic linguistic bibliography xiv-xxxiii Nathaniel CHEESEMAN, Jennifer
    [Show full text]
  • A New Method of Classification for Tai Textiles
    A New Method of Classification for Tai Textiles Patricia Cheesman Textiles, as part of Southeast Asian traditional clothing and material culture, feature as ethnic identification markers in anthropological studies. Textile scholars struggle with the extremely complex variety of textiles of the Tai peoples and presume that each Tai ethnic group has its own unique dress and textile style. This method of classification assumes what Leach calls “an academic fiction … that in a normal ethnographic situation one ordinarily finds distinct tribes distributed about the map in an orderly fashion with clear-cut boundaries between them” (Leach 1964: 290). Instead, we find different ethnic Tai groups living in the same region wearing the same clothing and the same ethnic group in different regions wearing different clothing. For example: the textiles of the Tai Phuan peoples in Vientiane are different to those of the Tai Phuan in Xiang Khoang or Nam Nguem or Sukhothai. At the same time, the Lao and Tai Lue living in the same region in northern Vietnam weave and wear the same textiles. Some may try to explain the phenomena by calling it “stylistic influence”, but the reality is much more profound. The complete repertoire of a people’s style of dress can be exchanged for another and the common element is geography, not ethnicity. The subject of this paper is to bring to light forty years of in-depth research on Tai textiles and clothing in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos), Thailand and Vietnam to demonstrate that clothing and the historical transformation of practices of social production of textiles are best classified not by ethnicity, but by geographical provenance.
    [Show full text]
  • 1979-Tragedy in Indochina: War, Refugees, and Famine
    1979-TRAGEDY IN INDOCHINA: WAR, REFUGEES, AND FAMINE HEARINGS BEFORE TIE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS 01"' TI1' COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINErY-sIXThi (cONGRIESS FIRST SESSION FEBIIARY 28: SEPTEMBER IS; OCTOBER 10, 17; I)lE.('lNlE l IS ANI) 19. 1971) Printed forthe use (if the committee e on Foreign Affairs U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 85- 70 WASHINGTON : 1980 H 30HL/ CO31MITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS CLEMENT J. ZAIIOCKI, Wisconsin, Chairman L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina WILIIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida EI)WARD J. DERWINSKI, Illinois CHARLES C. DIGGS, JR., Michigan I'AUL FINDLEY, Illinois BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York JOHN 11. BUCHANAN, JR., Alabama LEE II. HAMILTON, Indiana LARRY WINN, JR., Kansas LESTER L. WOLFF, New York BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York JONATHAN B. BINGHAM, New York TENNYSON GUYER, Ohio GUS YATRON, Pennsylvania ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania STEPHEN J. SOLARZ, New York JOEL PRITCHARD, Washington DON BONKER, Washington MILLICENT FENWICK, New Jersey GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachusetts DAN QUAYLE, Indiana ANDY IRELAND, Florida DONALD J. PEASE, Ohio DAN MICA, Florida MICHAEL D. BARNES, Maryland WILLIAM H1.GRAY III, Pennsylvania TONY P. HALL, Ohio HOWARD WOLPE, Michigan DAVID R. BOWEN, Mississippi FLOYD J. FITIIIAN, Indiana JOHN J. BRADY, Jr., Chief of Staff LINDA G. SILVER, Staff Assistant SUBCOMMIrTEE ON ASIAN AND PACIFiC AFFAIRS LESTER L. WOLFF, New York, Chairman DAN MICA, Florida TENNYSON GUYER, Ohio TONY P. HALL, Ohio JOEL PRITCHARD, Washington CHARLES C. DIGGS, JR., Michigan WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania GUS YATRON. Ilennsylvauia STEPHEN J.
    [Show full text]
  • Mekong River Integrated Management Project 2
    The Progress of EST in Lao PDR Lao Delegation Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Lao PDR 5th EST Forum, Bangkok, Thailand 23 Aug 2010 Contents 1. EST Strategy & Action Plan 2. Introduction of Projects under EST 3. Future Plans… (1) EST Strategy & Action Plan (1) EST Strategy & Action Plan Completed the FINAL Draft Being reviewed by the Science & Technology Council To be submitted to the Government for Endorsement (2) Introduction to Projects under EST (2) Introduction to Projects under EST 1. Ambient Air Quality Monitoring and Management 2. Vehicle Emission Control 3. Inspection and Maintenance of Vehicle 4. Regulation of Fuel Quality and Standard 5. Transport Planning and Travel Demand Management 6. Standard and Weight Control 7. Environmentally and People Friendly Urban Transport 8. Infrastructure Development 9. Traffic Noise Monitoring 10. Information and Public Awareness 11. Gender and Transportation Project Description 1. Name: Mekong River Integrated Management Project 2. Purpose: Part of Vientiane 450th Anniversary Celebration 6 SORs 1). Sagob (Safe/Security) 2) Sa-ad (Clean) 3) Si Khio (Green) 4) Savang (Lighting) 5) Sivilay (Civilization) 6) Sanae (Charming) 3. Budget: nearly 50 MIL USD 4. Completion Date: 2013 (Chao Anouvong Park Oct 2010) MEKONG RIVER INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PROJECT Riverbank Protection Vientiane, Lao PDR L = 12.4km Wattay Airport Kaoliao Port Wattay Existing Port MRC Riverside Park Improvement A = 14.5ha Stage 2 (L=8.4km) (Nov. 2010 ~ Jul. 2013) Riverside Road L = 3.0km Thailand Stage 1 (L=4.0km) (Feb.
    [Show full text]
  • Contemporary Phuthai Textiles
    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings Textile Society of America 2004 Contemporary Phuthai Textiles Linda S. McIntosh Simon Fraser University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf Part of the Art and Design Commons McIntosh, Linda S., "Contemporary Phuthai Textiles" (2004). Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings. 481. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/481 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Textile Society of America at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Contemporary Phuthai Textiles Linda S. McIntosh Simon Fraser University [email protected] © Linda S. McIntosh 2004 The hand-woven textiles of the Phuthai ethnic group continue to represent Phuthai identity but also reflect exposure to foreign elements such as through trade and changes in the regional political power. If one asks a Phuthai woman what is Phuthai dress, she will answer, sin mii lae suea lap lai, or a skirt decorated with weft ikat technique and a fitted blouse of indigo dyed cotton, decorated with hand-woven, patterned red silk. Despite the use of synthetic dyes readily available in the local markets, many women still grow indigo and cotton, and indigo-stained hands and the repetitious sounds of weaving are still found in Phuthai villages. This paper focuses on the Phuthai living in Savannakhet Province, Laos, but they are also found in Khammuan, Bolikhamsay, and Salavan provinces of Laos as well as in Thailand and Vietnam.1 Contemporary refers to textile production in the last thirty years but particularly in the last ten years after the liberalization of the Lao government policies and the return of private business and tourism after the 1980s.
    [Show full text]
  • From 16 October 2013 to 26 January 2
    Room 2 Room 1 Indochina Indochina from 1908 to 1956 from 1858 to 1907 entrance Exhibition www.musee-armee.fr - - from 16 October 2013 Open every day from 10 a.m. to 26 January 2014 to 6 p.m. until 31 October, - As of November 1st, from 10 a.m Hôtel des Invalides, to 5 p.m. 129 rue de Grenelle, Closed on 25 December and 1 January 6 boulevard des Invalides (special needs access) Paris VII Located at the crossroads of India and China, in the 16th century the Indochinese peninsula aroused European interest. The Pope gave the Jesuits and missionaries in the foreign missions the task of converting the local people and training a «native» clergy, while the initial commercial relations between Europe and the peninsula were inaugurated by the Portuguese, followed a century later by the Dutch and the English. France, which was only involved from the religious point of view in the 17th century, sought supply points between India and China for the ships belonging to the Compagnie des Indes Orientales (East India Company). The civil war of 1775-1802, coming after a relatively peaceful period between the Vietnamese domains in the North and the South, gave it the opportunity, through Mgr. Pigneau de Béhaine, of signing an assistance treaty which was never applied, between the King of France Louis XVI and the heir Sabre belonging to Gia Long, to the Nguyen dynasty, the future Emperor Gia Long (1802- the Emperor of Annam - 1820). At the same time as the Confucian structures of the Late 18th - early 19th century Steel, gold, jade, coral, pearl, Empire were being renovated, he modernised the army and precious stones and vermeil (c) Paris, Musée de l’Armée (1891).
    [Show full text]
  • Epr Atlas 1080
    Laos Ethnicity in Laos Group selection Laos is a multi-ethnic country officially encompassing 49 ethnic groups (2910), which have been grouped primarily by language and 2910 [National Statistics Center of the Lao PDR, 2006] location into one of three categories: the Lao Loum (Lowland Lao), and the hill tribes constituting of the Lao Theung (Upper Lao) and the Lao Sung (Highland Lao) (2911; 2912, 247-248). Based on this 2911 [National Statistics Center of the Lao PDR, 2006] classification and linguistic considerations, we identify the following 2912 [Levinson, 1998] politically relevant groups: • The Lao (incl. Phuan) make up just over half of the total population according to the 2015 census and tend to be con- centrated in the flatlands and valleys (2913). They speak Lao, a 2913 [Minority Rights Group International, 2018a] Tai-language, and are the largest and most important Lao Loum group (2914, 247). Most people from this group are Theravada 2914 [Levinson, 1998] Buddhists (2915). 2915 [Minority Rights Group International, 2018a] • The remaining Lao Tai speakers include the lowland Phu Tai and several tribes who live in the higher valleys and on the middle slopes of the mountains in northern Laos. The tribes are usually categorized according to their traditional costumes, e.g. the Tai Dam (Black Tai). They are regarded as inferior by lowland Lao, and Tai, in turn, look down on lowland Lao for having failed to maintain Tai tradition and culture (2916). 2916 [Minority Rights Group International, 2018b] • The Lao Theung, sometimes called Lao Thoeng tend to inhabit mid-level slopes and speak numerous Mon-Khmer languages.
    [Show full text]
  • Global Prayer Digest JAN–FEB 2021
    Global Prayer Digest JAN–FEB 2021 Dear Praying Friends, We are officially in a new decade and a new era • Pray that this people group will be in awe of the Lord for His creation and realize that He is the only for Global Prayer Digest (GPD) readers. As of one worthy of worship and devotion. today, GPD is fully merged with Joshua Project’s Unreached of the Day’s (UOTD) digital prayer 2 Buriat People in Inner Mongolia, China tools, but we also have a shortened printed form within our sister publication, Mission Frontiers So God created human beings in His own (MF). MF offers readers the reasons why we need Gen 1:27 image. In the image of God He created movements to Christ, and we offer prayer materials them; male and female he created them. for movements to Christ among specific people The Buriat claim to be descended from either a grey groups. Is this a perfect combination or what? bull or a white swan; therefore their folk culture Pray on this decade!—Keith Carey, editor, UOTD features dancers imitating swans and other animals. They share many common traits and customs with Note: Scripture references are from the New Living Mongols. They are Buddhist, though the shaman is Translation (NLT) unless otherwise indicated. a highly regarded member in their culture. • Ask God to send loving, bold ambassadors of Christ to the Buriats and other peoples in this region. Please ask God to help the Buriats find their identity DIGEST PRAYER GLOBAL in Him. May the believers become effective and fruitful in sharing and discussing Bible stories with their own and other families.
    [Show full text]
  • Department of Social Development and Welfare Ministry of Social
    OCT SEP NOV AUG DEC JUL JAN JUN FEB MAY MAR APR Department of Social Development and Welfare Ministry of Social Development and Human Security ISBN 978-616-331-053-8 Annual Report 2015 y t M i r i u n c is e t S ry n o a f m So Hu ci d al D an evelopment Department of Social Development and Welfare Annual Report 2015 Department of Social Development and Welfare Ministry of Social Development and Human Security Annual Report 2015 2015 Preface The Annual Report for the fiscal year 2015 was prepared with the aim to disseminate information and keep the general public informed about the achievements the Department of Social Development and Welfare, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security had made. The department has an important mission which is to render services relating to social welfare, social work and the promotion and support given to local communities/authorities to encourage them to be involved in the social welfare service providing.The aim was to ensure that the target groups could develop the capacity to lead their life and become self-reliant. In addition to capacity building of the target groups, services or activities by the department were also geared towards reducing social inequality within society. The implementation of activities or rendering of services proceeded under the policy which was stemmed from the key concept of participation by all concerned parties in brainstorming, implementing and sharing of responsibility. Social development was carried out in accordance with the 4 strategic issues: upgrading the system of providing quality social development and welfare services, enhancing the capacity of the target population to be well-prepared for emerging changes, promoting an integrated approach and enhancing the capacity of quality networks, and developing the organization management towards becoming a learning organization.
    [Show full text]
  • An Inventory and Assessment of National Urban Mobility in Thailand
    Development of a National Urban Mobility Programme - an Inventory and Assessment of National Urban Mobility in Thailand A project of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in collaboration with the Thai Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) Final Report November 2019 Development of a National Urban Mobility Programme Project Background Transport is the highest energy-consuming sector in 40% of all countries worldwide, and causes about a quarter of energy-related CO2 emissions. To limit global warming to two degrees, an extensive transformation and decarbonisation of transport is necessary. The TRANSfer project’s objective is to increase the efforts of developing countries and emerging economies for climate-friendly transport. The project acts as a mitigation action preparation facility and thus, specifically supports the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) of the Paris Agreement. The project supports several countries (including Peru, Colombia, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia) in developing greenhouse gas mitigation measures in transport. The TRANSfer project is implemented by GIZ and funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and operates on three levels. Mobilise Prepare Stimulate Facilitating the Preparation of Knowledge products, Training, MobiliseYourCity Mitigation Measures and Dialogue Partnership Standardised support Based on these experiences, TRANSfer The goal of the multi- packages (toolkits) are is sharing and disseminating best stakeholder partnership developed and used for the practises. This is achieved through the MobiliseYourCity, which is preparation of selected development of knowledge products, currently being supported by mitigation measures. As a the organisation of events and trainings, France, Germany and the result, measures can be and the contribution to an increasing European Commission, is that prepared more efficiently, level of ambition.
    [Show full text]
  • 131299 Bangperng 2020 E.Docx
    International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change. www.ijicc.net Volume 13, Issue 12, 2020 Champasak: Dhammayuttika Nikaya and the Maintenance of Power of the Thai State (Buddhist Decade 2390- 2450) Kiattisak Bangpernga, aDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mahasarakham University, Email: [email protected] This article is intended to analyse the time during Siam's reign in Champasak, when Siam exercised the colonial power to collect tributes and taxes, resulting in the local Lao’s burdens. This caused rebels to be formed under the culture of local Buddhists combined with indigenous beliefs. Siam therefore attempted to connect the local Lao and culture to the central power. One of the important policies was to send Thammayut monks to remove the local beliefs and to disseminate pure Buddhism, according to Thai Dhammayuttika Nikaya. Later, French colonies wanted to rule the Lao territory in the name of Indochina, resulting in that the monks of Dhammayuttika Nikaya were drawn to be part of the political mechanism, in order to cultivate loyalty in the Siamese elites and spread the Thai ideology. This aimed to separate Laos from the French’s claiming of legitimacy for a colonial rule. However, even if the Dhammayuttika Nikaya was accepted and supported by the Lao rulers, but it was not generally accepted by the local people, because it was the symbol of the power of Siam who oppressed them, and appeared to have ideological differences with their local culture. Dhammayuttika Nikaya, as a state mechanism, was not successful in maintaining the power of the Thai state.
    [Show full text]