GNG5287973: 20151029, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Close-up of the head of a statue of the Buddha covered in gold leaf / Bridgeman Images

GNG5287978: 20151029, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Sisaket (Si Saket) buddhist temple. Small buddha statues / Bridgeman Images

GNG5287986: 20151029, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Sisaket (Si Saket) buddhist temple. Old Buddha statue / Bridgeman Images

GNG5287997: Vientiane, Laos : Wat Naxai buddhist temple. Painting depicting the life story of Shakyamuni Buddha. Compassion to animals / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288002: 20151030, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Painting depicting the life story of Shakyamuni Buddha. Buddha sitting in the meditation pose under the Bodhi tree / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288003: 20151030, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Painting depicting the life story of Shakyamuni Buddha. Buddha sitting in the meditation pose under the Bodhi tree / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288055: 20151103, Kasi, Laos : Painting depicting the life story of Shakyamuni Buddha / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288060: 20151029, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Inpeng buddhist temple. The Jataka Tales are narratives about the previous lives of the Buddha (that is, before he was born for the last time to become the Buddha) / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288084: 20151030, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Ong Teu buddhist temple. Altar with Buddha statues / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288126: 20151105, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Ong Teu buddhist temple. Buddhist monks having vegetarian lunch in monastery / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288139: 20151105, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Ong Teu buddhist temple. Buddhist monks having vegetarian lunch in monastery / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288157: Vang Vieng, Laos : The Buddhasima or Sim: the Buddhist temple's most sacred complex. Group of seated, young Buddhist monks chanting and reading prayers at a ceremony / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288164: Vang Vieng, Laos : The Buddhasima or Sim: the Buddhist temple's most sacred complex. Group of seated, young Buddhist monks chanting and reading prayers at a ceremony / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288186: 20151030, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Seated Buddhist monks chanting and reading prayers at a ceremony / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288203: 20151030, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Buddhist ceremony. Sai-sin and the sacred white cotton thread. The Sai-sin is supposed to provide protection and good health to the person wearing it / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288217: 20151029, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Buddhist ceremony / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288225: 20151030, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Monk reading sutras on a traditional buddhist holy book / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288229: 20151030, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Buddhist ceremony. Merit transfer ritual / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288263: Vang Vieng, Laos : Novice buddhist monk in front of the Sim. The Buddhasima or Sim: the Buddhist temple's most sacred complex. / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288298: 20151030, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Novice buddhist monk washing orange robes / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288301: 20151103, Kasi, Laos : Pagoda. Women preparing flower offerings for a buddhist ceremony / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288313: 20151030, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Buddhist ceremony. Worshipers praying / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288317: 20151031, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Buddhist ceremony. Worshipers praying / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288318: 20151031, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Buddhist ceremony. Worshipers praying / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288324: 20151106, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Buddhist ceremony. Worshiper praying with a tray of offerings / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288326: 20151030, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Buddhist ceremony. Worshiper praying with a tray of offerings / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288361: 20151029, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Worshiper praying / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288366: 20151106, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Woman praying / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288367: 20151106, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Woman praying / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288380: 20151106, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Man praying / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288382: Vientiane, Laos : Wat Naxai buddhist temple. Main entrance / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288388: 20151106, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Naxai buddhist temple. Buddhist ceremony for the dead / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288397: Monks. Luang Prabang, Luang Prabang, Laos / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288406: 20151106, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Worker painting the decorated wall in red / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288407: 20151030, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Si Muang ( Simuong) buddhist temple. Lao woman cooking for the monks / Bridgeman Images

GNG5288409: 20151029, Vientiane, Laos : Wat Sisaket (Si Saket) buddhist temple. Wedding couple wearing traditional Lao costumes / Bridgeman Images