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Laos has not long been been open to foreigners, yet this book offers an in-depth photographic exploration of its most sacred city Luang Prabang. The images contained in this collection reveal a world of rituals and ceremonies. For centuries, these holy rites have encapsulated the spiritual life of a culture that the West is only just beginning to understand. Hans Berger received the full co-operation of the monks and laymen of Luang Probang in creating his portrait of one of the last citadels of the Mysterious East.