The Ancient Tradition of Morning Alms

Luang Prabang (Laos)

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    budapesttobangkok1994 (over a year ago)

    This brings me back! Great job

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    MOTOPILGRIM (over a year ago)

    I enjoy the silent observer approach that you've taken that lets the essential beauty of the scene come through. Nice one.

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    Jack_Sparrow (over a year ago)

    Well done. Simple and compelling in style and content, alike.

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    simon (over a year ago)

    I think the subtitles worked. Subtitle is subtle. Often they are annoying, but in this case, putting your voice, with your accent would have distracted. I like your use of sound throughout, well done.

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    TF_Tony (over a year ago)

    I have always wanted to see the morning alms tradition of Laos. Thanks for bringing it to life for us. Great work.

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Uploaded:   09/06/2008

Every morning in Theravada Buddhist societies, the monks gather their alms bowls around 6AM. Drums wake the people to notify them that the monks are coming. The monks then walk throughout their neighborhood collecting food they will eat for the day. The tradition dates back to the time of the Buddha.

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