Buddhist ceremony [1990]

Het Bun (merit-making ceremony) on the 70th Birthday Celebration of Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam at the Sim of Vat Saen Sukharam on September 29, 1990. This photograph represents Pha Khamchan receives an offering-gift from a layman. 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 Bupharat) 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.