Laotian cremation ceremony at Luang Prabang's central crematorium in Ban Vieng Mai for Mr. Voua Sy Amkha, 63, a propaganda official for the Lao government in Luang Prabang who died of a stroke. Before and after the cremation, his family gathered in the family home with relatives and monks from their Buddhist temple in Ban Navieng Kham village, a suburb of Luang Prabang, Laos.

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Laos Asia Asian Sub-Tropic Funeral Mourning Death Die Dead Deceased Cremation Lao Ban Navieng Kham Village Luang Prabang Religious Ritual People Religion Monks Monk Mourners Cemetery Tradition Burning Burn Cremate Fire Buddhism Buddha Buddhist Religion Mekong River Mekong Cremate Bury Burial

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