Buddhist ceremony [1972]

Rowers of the both racing-boats of Vat Saen Sukharam worshipping and praying at the Sim of Vat Saen Sukharam before a participation in the boat-racing festival on Nam Khan River, Luang Prabang on Bun Hor Khao Pa Dap Din (festival of rice-packets decorating the earth) on the waning moon of the 9th lunar month in B.E. 2515 (September, A.D. 1972). The monk standing on the left is Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam. Chromogenic print.