After finishing the ordination ceremony, Ajan Vat (the Lao person who is an expert in Buddhist rituals) and Lao people will make a Baci ceremony for the newly ordained monk and read the ordination certificate to announce that he has already ordained to become a Buddhist monk. This photograph shows the ordination ceremony of Phia Hatsakaud (Ajan Thongdee) at Vat Saen Sukharam in 1970. The Sangharaj Dhammayana Mahathera was the preceptor.
Original material consists of: silver gelatine DOP print.
