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Page xi

ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES

           
1a Image of the Buddha and royal Naga (snake),
Muchalinda [By permission of the National Museum, Bangkok
facing page 148 
1b Mortuary rites: monks chanting and transferring merit to
the deceased 
148 
2 The Bun Kathin procession at the end of Lent  149 
3 Bun Phraawes festival: the story of Wesandaun is recited  180 
4a Sukhwan ceremony being performed for two pregnant women  181 
4b Women worshipping  181 

FIGURES

           
1 Map of Thailand  page xii 
2 Baan Phraan Muan and its region 
3a Profile of house, showing levels  19 
3b House plan  19 
4 Diagram showing the relationship between two festivals  300 
5 The religious field  338