Buddhist ceremony [1980s]

The cremation ceremony of a lay person of Luang Prabang at the crematorium of Vat Payatheub in the 1980s, headed by Sathou Nyai Khamfanh Silasangvara Mahathera, Abbot of Vat Khili (6th standing from the right in front). The Senior monks who were attending the cremation ceremony are Sathou Nyai Saysamout Chotiko, Abbot of Vat Pa Phon Phao (standing in the middle of the staircase), Sathou Nyai Khamchan Virachitto, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam (5th from the right, standing in front), Sathou Nyai Bounchan Phothichitto, Abbot of Vat Xiengmouane (7th from the right, standing in front) and other monks and novices.

Original material consists of: silver gelatine DOP print.