Miao year

Duration: 62

Year Published: 1970

Creator: CRM/McGraw-Hill

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Describes a year in the life of the Blue Miao of northern Thailand. Shows the planting and harvesting of maize and opium poppies, marriage customs, a funeral ceremony, healing practices, and weaving. , Highlights one year in the life of the Miao people of Northern Thailand, explaining their marriage, religious, and funeral traditions. Shows the making of thread and the weaving of a piece of material for a skirt; the planting, cultivating, and harvesting of maize and poppies; and a silversmith making a necklace. Concludes with a three-day ceremony in which the single young men and women select their future spouses.

Complete Record: Describes a year in the life of the Blue Miao of northern Thailand. Shows the planting and harvesting of maize and opium poppies, marriage customs, a funeral ceremony, healing practices, and weaving. , Highlights one year in the life of the Miao people of Northern Thailand, explaining their marriage, religious, and funeral traditions. Shows the making of thread and the weaving of a piece of material for a skirt; the planting, cultivating, and harvesting of maize and poppies; and a silversmith making a necklace. Concludes with a three-day ceremony in which the single young men and women select their future spouses.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.