Monks and villagers present cleaned, identified and numbered manuscripts as an offering to the Lord Buddha during a thanksgiving ceremony. Photographer(s): Berger, Hans Georg
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Manuscript Preservation Project of the National Library of Laos, Luang Prabang Province, Northern Laos. Modern digital print printed in 2020.
Cleaned, identified and numbered manuscripts are given back to the monastery in a Buddhist ceremony of thanksgiving. Photographer(s): Berger, Hans Georg
Scope & Content:
Manuscript Preservation Project of the National Library of Laos, Luang Prabang Province, Northern Laos. Modern digital print printed in 2020.
Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela (Phra Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thera), Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam, reads from a palm-leaf-manuscript at Bun Phravet (Vessantara Jataka Festival). Vat Pak Khan Khammungkhun, Luang Prabang. Photographer(s): Berger, Hans Georg