Village leaders waiting to receive the Governor in the village of Houei Kong in Attapu Province
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- 1969
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The Governor and other provincial officials visited Houei Kong (L-56, XB 6473) in Attapu Province to celebrate the district being elevated to a new administrative status, from Kong Xe Namnoi to Muang Sayasila. Here, the village headmen (phoban) from the Nyaheun and Laven villages that make up Muang Sayasila are waiting to receive the Governor who is inside participating in a string tying ceremony (known as a "baci" in the Lao language) given by the local people.
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Subjects
- Attapu (Laos)
Boloven Plateau (Laos)
Public officers
Laven (Southeast Asian people)
Nyaheun (Southeast Asian people)
Men
Laos - Type
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- Black and white photograph
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- Village leaders waiting to receive the Governor in the village of Houei Kong in Attapu Province. 1969. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/LMQ75BG433HV284. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- (1969) Village leaders waiting to receive the Governor in the village of Houei Kong in Attapu Province. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/LMQ75BG433HV284
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/LMQ75BG433HV284>.