...ää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. Published by the Finnish Literature Society and the Finnish Anthropological Society 2004. ISBN 951-746-603-X (SKS) ;... ... This work may be freely quoted, copied, duplicated, printed, distributed and sold without permission or agreement of the author. However, the name ... ... Villages and houses ... ...inuously buying cultural enjoyment and producing experiences for the self, worshipping one's own body, buying newer and newer technological equipment,... ...o Western countries is closing. In Finland and other Nordic countries, the Lutheran church started mass education in the 1600s, and in the 1700-1800s ... ...tization, flexibility of employment, top-level know-how... Everywhere, the liturgy of economic development includes a demand for more stringent educat... ... In the old days, phii were honoured a lot, but not so much today. Phii worship has come from Burma. There phii are worshipped a great deal. They ... ...f local leaders, officials and politicians echoes with endless development liturgy. In the world of belief in development, local man is engaged in a w... ... the monks' supervision; becoming a 'little priest' might be comparable to Lutheran confirmation classes. In all village funerals young boys are ordai...

...The book is a descriptive overview of the culture of the villages. It contains material on the villagers' housing, rice farming and other means of livelihood, community life, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and healers, as well as village Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland...