GPD083 พ่อหนานตา ชัยเจริญ

This is a rare and valuable documentation of a master of Lanna cultural knowledge. 80-year old Paw (father) NanTa was a cultural icon who had developed the skill of extemporaneous speech and rhyme to its highest degree. He was a poet, singer, story teller, performer of traditional rituals, and repository of a vast store of Lanna lore. He was called on to perform ceremonies of house warmings, marriages, funerals, spirit callings, wrist tyings, dedications of priests and monks, and virtually any ceremony that was required. He called himself “the village radio”. I called him “Magic Mouth.” He took a liking to me because of my ability to speak the Lanna tongue and my interest in Lanna culture. He honored me telling his village friends that I was his long-lost son just returned from America.