Phia Hatsakuat (Ajan Thongdee) wearing white robes. He was the Naga (the candidate for the ordination), holding a flower bowl before having the ordination ceremony in the main hall of Vat Saen Sukharam in 1965. For the ordination ceremony, the one who will have the ordination to become a monk in...
After finishing the ordination ceremony, Ajan Vat (the Lao person who is an expert in Buddhist rituals) and Lao people will make a Baci ceremony for the newly ordained monk and read the ordination certificate to announce that he has already ordained to become a Buddhist monk. This photograph sho...
After finishing the ordination ceremony, the host of the ordination and Lao people will give the offerings to the monks who attended the ordination ceremony. This photograph shows the ordination ceremony of Phia Hatsakaud (Ajan Thongdee) at Vat Saen Sukharam in 1970. The Sangharaj Dhammayana Mah...
After finishing the ordination ceremony in the main hall of the temple, the host of the ordination and Lao people will offer Kongbuad (set of offerings for the ordination) to the newly ordained monk. Then the newly ordained monk will give blessings to the host and to the Lao people and pours wat...
Sathou Nyai Khamchan Virachittathera, the Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam, giving a sermon to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Salahuangtham (Dhamma Hall) at Vat Saen Sukharam in 2000. Original material consists of: chromogenic print
The Sangharaj Dhammayana Mahathera (Bounthan) and other monks have lunch at the private residence of Chao Phetsaraj Rattanavongsa in Luang Prabang on his arrival day when he came back to Luang Prabang from Thailand in the 1950s. Original material consists of: silver gelatine DOP print
The Sangharaj Dhammayana Mahathera (Bounthan) and other monks have lunch at the private residence of Chao Phetsaraj Rattanavongsa in Luang Prabang on his arrival day when he came back to Luang Prabang from Thailand in the 1950s. Original material consists of: silver gelatine DOP print
The monk watering ceremony at Vat Siphoutthabath in the 1950s. Sathou Khamchan Virachitto, the Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam, is walking in front. Original material consists of: silver gelatine DOP print
The Naga (the candidate for the ordination) procession to Vat Chome Khao Manirath, Houy Xay, Borkeo Province, before the ordination ceremony. This photograph was taken probably in 1957. Original material consists of: silver gelatine DOP print
Students of Houy Xay District perfom Lao traditional dance to celebrate the Khot Sim (the main hall' s boundary-marking and stone setting) ceremony at Vat Chomekhao Manirath, Houy Xay District, Borkeo Province, in the 1960s. Original material consists of: silver gelatine DOP print