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22-JAN-2005

Whitewash, Luang Prabang, Laos, 2005

While we were visiting the same temple that was the site of the previous image, teams of monks were dispatched to whitewash the old walls that surrounded the temple compound.
The incongruity of wall painters wearing orange robes was striking, and from this vantage point I was able to relate the painters to their wall and to their temple as well.

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Date/Time22-Jan-2005 08:27:51
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Phil Douglis17-Mar-2005 19:09
Good point, Dandan. And monks work hard in Laos, as this image implies.
Guest 17-Mar-2005 13:37
This image symbolized the pyramid structure of any society, or religions. At the bottom layer, it would always be the working people…
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