Buddhist ceremony [1984]

Breakfast offering ceremony for senior and junior monks of Luang Prabang who participate in Het Bun (merit-making ceremony) held by Pha Khamchan Virachitta Thera, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam for dedicated to Somdet Pha Sangkhalat Dhammayana Maha Thela (Bunthan Bupharat) of Vat Mai Suvannaphumaram, the last Supreme Patriarch of Laos who was a preceptor for his monk's ordination and Pha Kaenchan Kaccayana Maha Thela, former abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam who was a preceptor for his novice's ordination. The ceremony took place at the Sim of Vat Saen Sukharam in 1984, under the ceremonial chairman of Somdet Pha Luk Keo Silasangvaro (Pha Khamfan Silasangvara Maha Thela, sitting in the middle in front of the Buddhist altar), Abbot of Vat Suvannakhili. Chromogenic print.