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 left: Pha One Keo Kittiphattho, Abbot of Vat Pak Khan, Pha Bouavanh Pounyasaro, Abbot of Vat Na Zao, unidentified monk, Pha Mao Manivangso, Abbot of Vat Xiang Thong, Pha Chanpheng Phalitathammo, Abbot of Vat Mai Suvannaphumaram, Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam, Pha One Ta Santapanyo, Abbot of Vat Manolom and the monk who holds a microphone is Pha Bunpheng Chittithammo of Vat Mai. Chromogenic print.