Building a community: Settlement ; Migration ; Organisation -- Cultural life: Yearly cycle ; Rites and rituals of birth, death, and marriage -- Learning: Learning processes ; Sacred power ; Wisdom and tradition -- Making merit: Spirits ; Kwan ; Healing powers -- Village and state: Rebellion -- Changes and challenges: Trade ; Education ; Official development ; Shaken roots -- Hope: Ceremonies ; Day of Gratitude ; Kinship -- Dynamics of popolar wisdom: World-view ; Renewal and the search for identity ; Leadership and organisation ; Creativeness of popular wisdom