Buddhist ceremony [1950s]

Pha Pa (Forest robe) offering ceremony of Lao Buddhist students in Bangkok, Thailand giving to senior and junior monks of Luang Prabang at Sala Dhammaviharn of Vat Khili in the late 1950s. This photograph shows that Sathou Nyai Khamfanh Silasangvara Mahathera, Abbot of Vat Khili chants the holy stanzas of blessing.

Original material consists of: silver gelatine DOP print.