Society and culture
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