Buddhist ceremony [1982]

Het Bun (merit-making) of Lao lay people in England, they sent this photograph to Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam for souvenir. There is a message written on the verso of this photograph: "February 28, 1982, Het Bun (merit-making) dedicated to a grandmother in England, behind younger brother-in-law are sets of offerings, there is no Lao monk, there are only foreign Buddhist monks, they can speak Thai, chant and give a sermon in Lao, they eat in the alms-bowls one time a day, they undertake Vipassana meditation's rules, they are Vatcittavivek and Master Xounandho, Master Xounandho has ever been at Vat Sok Paluang during the lifetime of Master Pan Anandho". Chromogenic print.