Festivals of Laos Resistance Movement Our understanding of the history

Our understanding of the history of Buddhism in Southeast Asia has often been oversimplified

the author has provided a critically needed study

This book boldly takes up this challenge with its historical narrative of alcohol in Cambodia and its depiction of sraa as it is crafted and consumed today

Noam Tyroler

Festivals of Laos Resistance Movement Our understanding of the historyText by Martin Stuart Fox and Somsanouk Mixay Photographs by Steve Northup Color photographs throughout Laos is a land of festivals. Every village, every temple, and every ethnic minority not only holds its own special festivals but also joins the wider Lao community in celebrating the national ones as well. This book explores the most important festivals of Laos and offers a rare and fascinating glimpse into the spiritual and communal life of the Lao