Pregnancy, Childbirth and Traditional Beliefs and Practices in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand

Purpose – This study aims to examine the transformation process in traditional beliefs and practices in the use of sand in the Songkran Festival in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses historical and ethnographic methods to understand the transformation of the sand rituals in the Songkran Festival in Chiang Mai. The historical approach is used to investigate the past ritual practices of the sand pagoda, while the ethnographic approach is used to gather evidence about the recent practices surrounding the construction and deployment of the sand pagoda; the historical and archival research for this study has also accessed material from newspapers and photographs. Because observation and interviews are major methods of ethnographic research, participant observation at the sand pagoda rituals in the Songkran Festival was conducted, as well as interviews with the relevant interest groups to collect data on the rituals and the recent changes in these practices. Findings – The transformation process in the traditional beliefs and practices surrounding the construction of sand pagodas in the Songkran Festival in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, is a result of the influence of tourism, the development of a market economy and the accompanying commoditisation process and secularisation and the decline of Buddhism in the local communities in Chiang Mai. Research limitations/implications – This study has implications for other religious practices which have become increasingly staged and reinvented in the process of tourism development. It only examines one among many other elements in the increasingly touristic secularisation of formerly religious beliefs and practices. Practical implications – The paper contributes to an expanding literature on the transformation of traditional rituals as a consequence of external factors, especially tourism promotion and the ways in which formerly sacred spaces and activities become commoditised. Originality/value – This is the first study which focuses on the transformation of practices surrounding sand pagodas in the Songkran Festival in Chiang Mai, in relation to the promotion of tourism, processes of commoditisation and the declining importance of Buddhism.

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Traditional beliefs about pregnancy and child birth among women from Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand

Midwifery ◽

10.1016/j.midw.2004.05.002 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 139-153 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Pranee Liamputtong ◽

Susanha Yimyam ◽

Sukanya Parisunyakul ◽

Chavee Baosoung ◽

Nantaporn Sansiriphun

Keyword(s):

Chiang Mai ◽

Traditional Beliefs ◽

Northern Thailand ◽

Child Birth

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Prologue

10.1093/oso/9780198738619.003.0001 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Breandán Mac Suibhne

Keyword(s):

Catholic Church ◽

The State ◽

Seasonal Migration ◽

Economic Systems ◽

Traditional Beliefs ◽

Beliefs And Practices ◽

The People ◽

The Catholic Church

Observing the abandonment of traditional beliefs and practices in the 1830s, the scholar John O’Donovan remarked that ‘a different era—the era of infidelity—is fast approaching!’ In west Donegal, that era finally arrived c.1880, when, over much of the district, English replaced Irish as the language of the home. Yet it had been coming into view since the mid-1700s, as the district came to be fitted—through the cattle trade, seasonal migration, and protoindustrialization—into regional and global economic systems. In addition to the market, an expansion of the administrative and coercive capacity of the state and an improvement in the plant and personnel of the Catholic Church—processes that intensified in the mid-1800s—proved vital factors, as the population dwindled after the Famine, in the people breaking faith with the old and familiar and adopting the new.

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Forensic and phylogeographic characterization of mtDNA lineages from northern Thailand (Chiang Mai)

International Journal of Legal Medicine ◽

10.1007/s00414-009-0373-4 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 123 (6) ◽

pp. 495-501 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Bettina Zimmermann ◽

Martin Bodner ◽

Sylvain Amory ◽

Liane Fendt ◽

Alexander Röck ◽

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Keyword(s):

Chiang Mai ◽

Northern Thailand ◽

Mtdna Lineages

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A25 Collections of adult black flies attracted to human and to buffalo in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand

Medical Entomology and Zoology ◽

10.7601/mez.53.42_1 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 53 (Supplement) ◽

pp. 42

Author(s):

H. Takaoka ◽

C. Aoki ◽

M. Fukuda ◽

C. Wej ◽

J. Atchariya

Keyword(s):

Black Flies ◽

Chiang Mai ◽

Northern Thailand

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Middle and Upper Devonian radiolarian faunas from Chiang Dao area, Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand

Micropaleontology ◽

10.2113/51.1.39 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 39-57 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

N. Wonganan

Keyword(s):

Upper Devonian ◽

Chiang Mai ◽

Northern Thailand ◽

Chiang Mai Province

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Rethinking Iconoclasm in Early Modern England: the Case of Cheapside Cross

Journal of Early Modern History ◽

10.1163/157006500x00051 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 4 (3-4) ◽

pp. 379-404 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Joel Budd

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Early Modern England ◽

Traditional Religion ◽

Traditional Beliefs ◽

Beliefs And Practices ◽

The Reformation ◽

Complex Variety ◽

City Of London ◽

The City

AbstractProtestant iconoclasm has generally been understood as an assault on the beliefs and practices of traditional religion. This article challenges that understanding through a detailed study of Cheapside Cross, a large monument that was repeatedly attacked by iconoclasts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It draws on contemporary pamphlets and the manuscripts records of the City of London to reveal the complex variety of associations that Cheapside Cross acquired before and during the Reformation era. It argues that perceptions of the monument were shaped not only by its iconography but also by its involvement in ceremonies and rituals, including royal coronation processions. The iconoclastic attacks on Cheapside Cross should be interpreted not merely as a challenge to traditional beliefs but as attempts to restructure the monument's associations. The paper concludes that attacks on other images may be understood in a similar manner.

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TWO NEW RECORDS OF Isomyia paurogonita FANG AND FAN, 1986 AND Sumatria latifrons Malloch, 1926 (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE) FROM NORTHERN THAILAND, WITH REVISED KEY TO THE SPECIES OF Isomyia

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo ◽

10.1590/s0036-46652014000200015 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 56 (2) ◽

pp. 175-177

Author(s):

Nophawan Bunchu ◽

Kittikhun Moophayak ◽

Sangob Sanit ◽

Kabkaew L. Sukontason ◽

Kom Sukontason ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rare Species ◽

New Records ◽

Blow Fly ◽

Chiang Mai ◽

Northern Thailand ◽

Chiang Mai Province ◽

First Time

During the annual fly survey at Doi Nang Kaew in Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai Province of Thailand in 2011, Isomyia paurogonitaFang & Fan, 1986 (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and Sumatria latifrons Malloch, 1926 (Diptera: Calliphoridae) were collected for the first time in Thailand. They are the rare species of the subfamily Rhiniinae (tribe Cosminini). Prior to this finding, fifteen species of Isomyia and two species of Sumatriawere recorded from Thailand. Therefore, 96 blow fly species have been found in this country. These new locality records of both flies are very important for further research on their biology and ecology in Thailand.

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Daily and seasonal variation of muscid flies (Diptera: Muscidae) in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand

Acta Tropica ◽

10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105348 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 204 ◽

pp. 105348

Author(s):

Tunwadee Klong-klaew ◽

Narin Sontigun ◽

Chutharat Samerjai ◽

Sangob Sanit ◽

Kom Sukontason ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Seasonal Variation ◽

Chiang Mai ◽

Northern Thailand ◽

Chiang Mai Province

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Traditional Beliefs and Practices among post-partum women attending Postpartum clinic, at Bukulula Health Centre IV Kalungu district

10.51168/sjhrafrica.v2i6.26 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Irene Nakibuuka

Keyword(s):

Postpartum Period ◽

Post Partum ◽

Health Centre ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Routine Care ◽

Nutritional Deficiencies ◽

Postpartum Women ◽

Traditional Beliefs ◽

Maternal Deaths ◽

Beliefs And Practices

Background: Maternal deaths in the postpartum period contribute greatly to the global burden of maternal mortality especially in developing countries where 99% of these maternal deaths occur. Almost 40% of women develop serious illness after birth, and close to 50% of maternal deaths occur after delivery. Other problems encountered during the postpartum period include anemia, nutritional deficiencies, infection, family violence, and emotional problems most of which are associated with the mothers’ traditional beliefs and practices. Some of these beliefs and practices used are beneficial to their health, some are non-beneficial but harmless whereas others are harmful and greatly contribute to maternal morbidity and mortality. Methodology: This was a qualitative descriptive study that was conducted among ten purposively selected postpartum women attending a postpartum clinic at Bukulula health center IV. Data was collected through in-depth face-to-face interviews using a semi-structured interview guide and an audio recorder to track the proceedings of each interview. Data were analyzed based on emerging themes, following transcription of the interviews. Results: Three themes emerged from the study and these were; dietary precautions, behavioral precautions and hygiene, and physical warmth. Conclusion and recommendation: Some of the traditional beliefs and practices held by postpartum women are beneficial and can be incorporated into routine care provided whereas others are harmful and need to be restructured.

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