Bamboo,
the universal building material. This villager is making wall sections
from the poles lying on the ground. He flattens the bamboo stalks
with his machete and then weaves them into the wall sections as displayed
in the foreground of this photograph.
An
intricately woven roof from bamboo.
Two
boys in a village near Theun-Hinboun.
Rugged
landscape near Theun-Hinboun.
Wat
Phonxaysetthathirath, one of many temples decorating Vientiane, the capital
of Lao P.D.R.
Wat
Phonxaysetthathirath, one of many temples decorating Vientiane, the capital
of Lao P.D.R.
The
That Luang Festival celebrates the first full moon of the new lunar year.
Here, in Vientiane, devout Buddhists vistit Wat That Luang, the most venerated
shrine in Lao PDR.
Devotees walk aroung the That Luang shrine three times praying and making
offerings,
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