The historic wooden library (Ho Tai) of Vat Nong Lam Chan, Ban Nong Lam Chan, Champhon District, Savannakhet Province. Photographer(s): Berger, Hans Georg
Novice training to read a palm-leaf manuscript written in Tham Lao script, on the Mekong near Vat Ban Mueang Kang, Champassak Province, Southern Laos. Photographer(s): Berger, Hans Georg
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