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| Vat That: Monastery of the Stupa (M.L.P. 1920) This Vat was founded in 1548 during the reign of King Say Setthathirath. The original viharn collapsed during a storm in 1900 and was re-built between 1907 and 1910 by Chao Maha Oupahat boun Khong. The monastery has a peripheral veranda, two-layered roof and a one-headed naga. Completely restored from 1963 on, it now features a roof with a mingle change of gradient. Behind the viharn is a stupa built in the mid-XVIth century. Vat That is on of the most important places for the celebration of the Laotian New Year. On the third day of Pimay (the day when the tutelary deity of the year arrives), the superiors of Vat May, Vat Xieng Thong, Vat Aham and Vat Vixun arrive by palanquin in a solemn procession to attend to sacred dance of the town's guardian spirits, Pou Gneu Gna Gneu.
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