Buddhist ceremony [1993]

Lay people of Luang Prabang participate in Het Bun (merit-making) on the 100th Anniversary of Somdet Pha Sangkhalat Dhammayana Maha Thela (Bunthan Bupharat) of Vat Mai Suvannaphumaram, Supreme Patriarch of Laos and Pha Kaenchan Kaccayana Maha Thela, former abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam at the Sim of Vat Saen Sukharam on February 8 in A.D.1993 (B.E.2535), held by Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam. This photographs represents lay people hold offerings and say its words before offering to monks who participate in the ceremony. Chromogenic print.