Max Planck Institut für ethnologische Forschung

Buddhist Statecraft and the Politics of Ethnicity in Laos: Buddhification and interethnic relations in historical and anthropological perspective

Buddhist Statecraft and the Politics of Ethnicity in Laos: Buddhification and interethnic relations in historical and anthropological perspective

Lao palm leaf manuscripts are important historical sources dealing with local histories, Buddhist political philosophy, and legal issues. — Lao palm leaf manuscripts are important historical sources dealing with local histories, Buddhist political philosophy, and legal issues.

Lao palm leaf manuscripts are important historical sources dealing with local histories, Buddhist political philosophy, and legal issues.

Lao palm leaf manuscripts are important historical sources dealing with local histories, Buddhist political philosophy, and legal issues. — Lao palm leaf manuscripts are important historical sources dealing with local histories, Buddhist political philosophy, and legal issues.

Lao palm leaf manuscripts are important historical sources dealing with local histories, Buddhist political philosophy, and legal issues.

Festival for the National Lao Stupa (2003). The Party has rearranged the role of minorities in the ritual. Here, lowland Lao dressed up as ethnic minorities participate in the procession and veneration of the Buddha’s relic. — Festival for the National Lao Stupa (2003). The Party has rearranged the role of minorities in the ritual. Here, lowland Lao dressed up as ethnic minorities participate in the procession and veneration of the Buddha’s relic.

Festival for the National Lao Stupa (2003). The Party has rearranged the role of minorities in the ritual. Here, lowland Lao dressed up as ethnic minorities participate in the procession and veneration of the Buddha’s relic.

Festival for the National Lao Stupa (2003). The Party has rearranged the role of minorities in the ritual. Here, lowland Lao dressed up as ethnic minorities participate in the procession and veneration of the Buddha’s relic. — Festival for the National Lao Stupa (2003). The Party has rearranged the role of minorities in the ritual. Here, lowland Lao dressed up as ethnic minorities participate in the procession and veneration of the Buddha’s relic.

Festival for the National Lao Stupa (2003). The Party has rearranged the role of minorities in the ritual. Here, lowland Lao dressed up as ethnic minorities participate in the procession and veneration of the Buddha’s relic.