Buddhist ceremony [1990]

Het Bun (merit-making ceremony) on the 70th Birthday Celebration of Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela (the monk who turns his back to us), Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam at the Sim of Vat Saen Sukharam on September 29, 1990, under the ceremonial chairman of Pha Phummi Phalappatta Maha Thela (the monk in the middle sitting in front of the Buddhist altar), Abbot of Vat Nong Si Khun Meuang. On birthday celebration every year, Pha Khamchan will make merit (Het Bun) dedicated to dead senior monks of Luang Prabang who had kindness to him, they were Somdet Pha Sangkhalat Dhammayana Maha Thela (Bunthan) of Vat Mai Suvannaphumaram who was a preceptor for his monk's ordination (the photograph in the middle), Pha Kaenchan Kaccayana Maha Thela, former abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam who was a preceptor for his novice's ordination (the photograph on the left) and Somdet Pha Luk Keo Silasangvaro (Pha Khamfan Silasangvara Maha Thela), Abbot of Vat Suvannakhili who was a right-hand prayer for his monk's ordination (the photograph on the right). Chromogenic print.