Lay people attending merit-making ceremony for dedicating merit to Sathou Nyai Mao Manivangso, Former abbot of Vat Xiengthong who passed away, in main hall of Vat Xiengthong in January, 2001. Foreigner sitting on the right is Mr. Hans Georg Berger, a German author and photographer. He has been doing a reasearch, taking photographs and collecting information about Lao tradition, custom and Buddhist ceremonies in Luang Prabang since 1994. He has written and published many books about tradition, custom, Buddhist ceremonies and meditation of Buddhist Sangha of Luang Prabang. He has established Buddhist Archive of Photography in Luang Prabang and he is now (in 2008) a project director of Buddhist Archive of Photography, Luang Prabang.
Original material consists of: chromogenic print.
