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LUANG PRABANG CULTURE
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  • History
    • Land of a Million Elephants
    • The Siamese Period
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    • The Front Palace >
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      • Tiao Phetsarath
      • Tiao Souvanna Phouma
      • Tiao Souphanouvong
      • Architectural Legacy
    • The Legend of King Boulom
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    • Buddhism >
      • The Prabang
      • The Phra Man
      • Mae Thoranee
      • Understanding Lao Temples
      • Phra Lak Phra Lam
    • Animism >
      • Spirits
      • Phou Ngeu Nya Ngeu
      • Nagas Ngeuak
      • Phou Thao Phou Nang
    • Festivals >
      • Boat Races
      • Fire Boat Festival
      • Lao New Year >
        • The Water Festival
        • Miss Lao New Year
        • The Elephant Procession
        • Building Sand Stupas
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        • Phou Ngeu Nya Ngeu Pimai
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      • Temples K
      • Temples L
      • Temples M
    • Temples N - T >
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Luang Prabang Culture

Learn About Luang Prabang's Unique Culture

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Luang Prabang's beautiful Buddhist temples are a major part of the town's unique heritage. Here is a complete photographic record of more than one hundred temples in and around Luang Prabang, with details of their history.
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Tour Luang Prabang with this detailed online map showing all of the UNESCO heritage buildings, over 100 temples and a large number of other points of interest
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The beauty of Luang Prabang comes from its deep and ancient cultural heritage which is displayed in the lives and festivals of its people. 

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Learn all about Luang Prabang's fascinating and sometimes turbulent history which has taken it from regional power centre through colonisation to independence, tragic warfare to the present day.

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Want to learn still more about Luang Prabang? Here is a list of important publications about the heritage and culture of the town to which I am indebted for what I have learnt. 
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  • Home
  • History
    • Land of a Million Elephants
    • The Siamese Period
    • The French Period
    • An Independent Laos
    • Kings of Luang Prabang
    • The Front Palace >
      • Origins of The Front Palace
      • Tiao Phetsarath
      • Tiao Souvanna Phouma
      • Tiao Souphanouvong
      • Architectural Legacy
    • The Legend of King Boulom
  • Culture
    • Buddhism >
      • The Prabang
      • The Phra Man
      • Mae Thoranee
      • Understanding Lao Temples
      • Phra Lak Phra Lam
    • Animism >
      • Spirits
      • Phou Ngeu Nya Ngeu
      • Nagas Ngeuak
      • Phou Thao Phou Nang
    • Festivals >
      • Boat Races
      • Fire Boat Festival
      • Lao New Year >
        • The Water Festival
        • Miss Lao New Year
        • The Elephant Procession
        • Building Sand Stupas
        • Aspersion of the Prabang
        • Phou Ngeu Nya Ngeu Pimai
        • Nagas and Phra Lak Phra Lam
        • Lao New Year Summary
  • Heritage Map
    • Interactive Map
    • Luang Prabang Architecture
    • UNESCO Documents
  • Temples
    • Temples A - G >
      • Temples A
      • Temples B
      • Temples C
      • Temples D
    • Temples H - M >
      • Temples H
      • Temples K
      • Temples L
      • Temples M
    • Temples N - T >
      • Temples N
      • Temples P
      • Temples S
      • Temples T
    • Temples U - Z >
      • Temples U
      • Temples V
      • Temples X
  • Learn More
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