Lorraine Aragon
Lorraine Aragon is Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Resources created by Lorraine Aragon
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- Ruins of an empire
- In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 7
- In 1968 the North Vietnamese army launched the Tết Offensive against U.S. troops, who responded with heavy bombing that destroyed many buildings in Hué, the old imperial capital.
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Sadayu attacks Ravana's chariot
- In The Ramayana, page 2.11
- A twenty-armed and ten-headed demon king Ravana fights the eagle king Sadayu in a detail from an Indian Ramayana painting. Sadayu on the left is trying to pick out one of Ravana's eyes from one of his ten heads, while Ravana is using his twenty arms to wave...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Saints from East and West
- In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 20
- Cao Dai's founder, Ngo Van Chieu, had a vision that the union of East and West, religious and secular philosophies would lead to a more peaceful and tolerant world. The French writer Victor Hugo (at left in the photo above) was among the Westerners particularly...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Schools
- In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 17
- Vietnam requires nine years of schooling. Although it is a relatively poor country, the literacy rate for adults is reported to be over 90 percent.
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Serpents attack Rama's troops
- In The Ramayana, page 5.9
- Rama's monkey allies struggle but many lay strewn on the ground, tangled in snakes. Towards the top left corner, the green-skinned Rama sits beside Laksman who is lying bound by a serpent.
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Sita agrees to return
- In The Ramayana, page 7.13
- Rama and Hanuman go into the forest to meet Sita, as shown at a wood puppet performance in Yogyakarta during July 1986. The white Hanuman puppet on the right wears a royal Yogyakarta-style batik sarong while the Rama and Sita puppets are dressed in similar...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Sita and Rama are reunited
- In The Ramayana, page 6.10
- Sita and Rama dance together close to the floor at a performance in Yogyakarta in July 1986. Sita's left hand is flexed back and upward, resting on her left knee. Sita is in front, gazing sharply to the side with her bent legs hidden by her sarong skirt. Rama...
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- Sita appears to be dead
- In The Ramayana, page 7.4
- In this detail from a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple, Sita appears to be dead after the jealous Rama orders her killed. Sita lies on her back upon a palace pavillion platform. Her left leg is bent but her other limbs are extended. A bearded hermit sits...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Sita gives birth
- In The Ramayana, page 7.7
- Four goddesses attend to Sita as she gives birth, as seen in a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. A row of four goddesses kneel beside Sita, aiding in the delivery of her and Rama's baby son. Sita, dressed modestly in her usual royal clothes and looking ever...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Sita meets a hermit
- In The Ramayana, page 7.6
- Sita walks through the forest with a hermit in this mural detail from the Emerald Buddha Temple. The crowned Sita walks with her right hand bent across her chest. She follows just behind a moustached hermit who carries a walking stick and a palm leaf fan....
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Sita proves her purity
- In The Ramayana, page 6.13
- In this mural detail, Sita stands calmly in a gated area with flames burning around the lotus blossom platform on which she stands. One of the monkey kings lights the fire with a torch in front, while other monkey king spectators are visible at right.
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Sita's fire ordeal
- In The Ramayana, page 6.11
- Rama and his court watch Sita during the fire ordeal, as seen on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Sita stands calmly in a gated area with flames burning around the lotus blossom platform on which she stands. One of the monkey kings lights the fire with...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Sita's hand in marriage
- In The Ramayana, page 1.5
- Rama and Sita ask for her parents' consent to marry in this detail image on a Ramayana mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Rama and Sita sit together on a low cushioned platform with their hands in the respectful wai or Thai prayer position....
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Sita's ring
- In The Ramayana, page 2.12
- After battling Ravana, the wounded eagle king Sadayu flies into the forest and delivers Sita's ring to Rama and Laksman, as shown on this mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Rama and Laksman walk side by side in their customary gold crowns and royal clothes...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Sita's son is twinned
- In The Ramayana, page 7.8
- This mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple illustrates when Sita's son is sent to fetch water in the forest. On the right side of the frame, Sita stands in a blue-tinted forest and hands her son a bowl with which to fetch water from a nearby pond. A god, watching...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Souvenirs of war
- In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 16
- Visible in the tray are metal badges from U.S., French, and Vietnamese soldiers as well as “dog tags” worn by U.S. soliders for identification, silverware, a pocket knife, a razor, a string of old Chinese coins with holes in the center, and two...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Street food
- In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 8
- “Street food” is generally freshly made, inexpensive, and readily available throughout urban areas of Southeast Asia. Here, bowls of prepared foods bare stacked high on a round tray which is suspended by ropes carried on a shoulder pole by the...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Sugriva the red monkey king
- In The Ramayana, page 4.16
- In this mural scene from the Emerald Buddha Tempple, Sugriva lifts the top of the colorful umbrella with his left hand while attacking the demons inside with a sword held high in his right hand. Several tiny demons are falling head first over the sides from...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Tail of a dragon
- In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 1
- This view from a boat shows Halong Bay between Bai Chay and Cat Ba. Most of the more than 3,000 islands in Halong Bay are small and uninhabitable.
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Tending livestock
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 8
- Here, a man walks a herd of ten cows along Highway No. 1 near Nha Trang. He carries a herding stick. The ribs of the mostly brown cows are visible, but tropical varieties of cows are generally slender. Cows and oxen are raised as draft animals and for meat,...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
