Notes on Lao New Year celebrations

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Title:
Notes on Lao New Year celebrations
Description:
These notes discuss the various games and gambling that go on during the Lao New Year festivities. Halpern also notes child care customs as described to him by his translator, Aram Udol. The last page is a list of Laotian vocabulary words and their transliteration.
Creator:
Halpern, Joel Martin
Addressee:
Halpern, Carl, 1902-1986
Addressee:
Halpern, Nettie
Date:
April 11, 1957
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Field notes
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Joel M. Halpern Papers
Series:
Series 5H. Southeast Asia: Laos and Vietnam
Subjects:
Anthropology--Laos
Ethnology--Laos
Diplomatic and consular service, American--Laos
Louangphrabang (Laos)--Description and travel
Cities and towns--Laos
Civil servants--Laos
Children--Laos
Child care--Laos
Social norms--Laos
Villages--Laos
Women--Laos
Manners and customs--Laos
Rites and ceremonies--Laos
Gambling--Laos
Games--Laos
Quoits--Laos
Halpern, Barbara Kerewsky
Halpern, Joel Martin
United States Operations Mission to Laos
Udol, Aram
Places:
Laos
Extent:
3 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs001-ls-fn-i021
Terms of Use:
All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Place of origin:
Laos
Identifier:
mufs001-ls-fn-i021