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L’Indochine Française - Laos Pagode (1931)

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Office Indochinois Du Tourisme
25.75" x 39"
Printed in Hanoi
1931
Linenbacked
T1523

Poster features the Wat Si Saket, a Buddhist wat in Vientiane, Laos. Built in 1818, this Buddhist monastery is now the oldest remaining pagoda in Vientiane. Poster depicts the traditional event where during New Year's Day many of the over two thousand Buddha statues housed inside the monastery are brought out for procession.