Buddhist ceremony [1982]

Kathin (annual or post-retreat robe) presentation ceremony at Sim of Vat Si Mung Khun Sayaram, under the ceremonial chairman of Pha Khamfan Silasangvara Maha Thela (2nd from the right who turns his back to a photographer), Abbot of Vat Suvannakhili. The monk who looks at a photographer is Pha Khamchan Virachitta Thera, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam. This photograph represents an abbot of Vat Si Mung Khun who receives the Kathin robe marks Bindu (to make a robe allowable by applying a disfiguring smudge). Chromogenic print.