TY - CHAP
T1 - Laos
T2 - Indigenous houses of a lue village in Luang Prabang
AU - Shimizu, Ikuro
PY - 2018/6/21
Y1 - 2018/6/21
N2 - This chapter discusses the villages and houses of the Lue ethnic group, which is one of the ethnic minority groups in the peripheral area of Luang Prabang, Laos. Lue originally lived in Sip Song Pan Na, a former kingdom of Dai in Yunnan province of current China. Today, Lue are spread throughout Yunnan, Shan State of Northern Myanmar, and Northern Thailand. They are organized into nuclear families and are dedicated practitioners of Theravada Buddhism. This chapter describes the remarkable characteristics of their village and houses, from architectural and ethnographic perspectives. The spatial structure of the village will be described. This chapter also examines the physical structure, construction process, and spatial organization of Lue houses.
AB - This chapter discusses the villages and houses of the Lue ethnic group, which is one of the ethnic minority groups in the peripheral area of Luang Prabang, Laos. Lue originally lived in Sip Song Pan Na, a former kingdom of Dai in Yunnan province of current China. Today, Lue are spread throughout Yunnan, Shan State of Northern Myanmar, and Northern Thailand. They are organized into nuclear families and are dedicated practitioners of Theravada Buddhism. This chapter describes the remarkable characteristics of their village and houses, from architectural and ethnographic perspectives. The spatial structure of the village will be described. This chapter also examines the physical structure, construction process, and spatial organization of Lue houses.
KW - Laos
KW - Luang Prabang
KW - Lue
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-10-8465-2_9
DO - 10.1007/978-981-10-8465-2_9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85053998640
SN - 9789811084645
SP - 89
EP - 99
BT - Sustainable Houses and Living in the Hot-Humid Climates of Asia
PB - Springer Singapore
ER -