[Libraries and Manuscripts of Laos cover page showing detail of gold leaf decoration on a manuscript box. The design shows Buddha seated surrounded by foliage and with an umbrella behind him.] 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
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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
Senior monk teaching a novice to read a palm-leaf manuscript. Photographer(s): Berger, Hans Georg
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Manuscript Preservation Project of the National Library of Laos, Vat Ban Mueang Kang, Champassak Province, Southern Laos. Modern digital print printed in 2020.