東北タイ・ドンデーン村 : 開拓村(ウドンタニ県北モー村)訪問記(<特集>東北タイ・ドンデーン村)

Abstract

This descriptive report records the oral history of pioneer settlers who emigrated from Don Daeng village to other pioneer villages in order to acquire good paddy land. The main data were gathered at Mo Nua village, Udon Thani province, which was established about 35 years ago by settlers from Loei province and later occupied by many Thai-Lao settlers. Collected in intensive interviews during three brief visits in the period 1983-1985, these data throw light on the process of emigration, which was a distinctive lifestyle among Thai-Lao villagers in the 1940s and 1950s.