Research & Article

A Lahu Nyi (Red Lahu) Prayer at Childbirth: Lahu Text and Brief Ethnographic Note

By Anthony R. Walker

Published on 12 May 2024

Sociology and Anthropology, Ethnography
Location of original sources

Journal of the Siam Society (JSS) Vol. 64.2 (1976)

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A Lahu Nyi (Red Lahu) Prayer at Childbirth: Lahu Text and Brief Ethnographic Note


The Lahu text given here is just one short example of a vast body of Lahu ritual poetry, some of which I was able to record during my anthropological investigations of Lahu Nyi (Red Lahu) in the northern Thai uplands.  This contribution is best viewed not in isolation but as part of a series of papers on Lahu ritual and religious poetry which have appeared in this and other jouroals.