Buddhist ceremony [1997]

Phithi Khot Sim (Sim or main hall' s boundary-marking and inscription stone-burying ceremony) at Vat Na Kham, Chom Phet district, Luang Prabang province, under the ceremonial chairman of Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela (middle), Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam. This photograph represents senior and junior monks do the Buddhist ceremony for burying an inscription stone outside the Sim of Vat Na Kham. Monks from the right: Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam, Pha Chanpheng Phalitathammo, Abbot of Vat Mai Suvannaphumaram, Pha Khiaw Khantiko of Vat Saen, Pha Khamphaeng Khamphilapanyo, Abbot of Vat Suvannakhili, unidentified monk, Pha Bouavanh Pounyasaro, Abbot of Vat Na Zao, Pha Bunpheng Chittithammo of Vat Mai and Pha One Keo Kittiphattho, Abbot of Vat Pak Khan. Chromogenic print.