Morning alms giving ceremony

Last day in Luang Prabanh

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August 16th 2016
I was up with the dawn, ie around 5.00am to watch the tak bat, the morning round of alms giving where locals line the road to give sticky rice to the monks as they file past. This morning there were around 250 monks lined up. It is quite a moving site to see some of the very old people who get up every morning at dawn to give to the monks and have done so for most of their lives, perhaps with a br ... read more

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more