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The Tak Bat in Luang Prabang - 2013

17 images Created 12 Mar 2013

The Tak Bat is a morning ritual in many Theravada Buddhist countries. In most places, monks go out singly or in small groups to receive food and alms from people. In Luang Prabang, Laos though the monks go out en masse. Hundreds, sometimes thousands, of monks silently walk single file through the town at dawn as people line the route to present them with the Lao staple, sticky rice.

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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  Tourists and Laotians wait in the dark for the Tak Bat to start in front of a Buddhist temple in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: Visiting Buddhist monks wait for Lao monks to pass them during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  Buddhist monks walk past a statue of the Buddha in a temple in Luang Prabang during the tak bat. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  Buddhist monks collect alms during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  A Buddhist monk walks through the streets of Luang Prabang during the tak bat. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:   Buddhist monks collect alms during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  Women give food to Buddhist monks during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  A Buddhist monk walks through the streets of Luang Prabang during the tak bat. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  A tourist photographs Buddhist monks collecting alms during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  A woman drops a serving of sticky rice into a monk's alms bowl during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: A street dog accompanies a group of Buddhist monks on the morning tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  A woman waits for Buddhist monks to come to her during the morning tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: A woman drops a serving of sticky rice into a monk's alms bowl during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: A woman drops a serving of sticky rice into a monk's alms bowl during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: Buddhist monks walk past Wat Nong Sikhounmuang and collect alms during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: Buddhist monks collect alms during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  A woman prays after the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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