Homphanh Rattanavong

Ex-alumnus of St. Cyr, graduate in sociology and journalism, is the Directo of the Institute for Cultural Research and a member of the Lao Commission for UNESCO since 1983. He was a director of the publication ‘Vanasim94 and is currently Vice-President of the Committee of Information and Culture of the ASEAN countries. Author of numerous books and publications and the Director of the review ‘Lanxang Heritage92, he is the founding member of the Laotian Writers Association.

Dr. Bouthieng Siripaphanh

Director of the National School of Fine Arts, is a PhD holder from the University of Sofia and the University of Paris, wherefrom he obtained his thesis on the subject of Luang Prabang and its Art92 in 1994. His contribution to the survey of Luang Prabang a world-wide heritage city94 is valuable. He is the author of articles on art and is currently doing research on the arts of Laos.

Dr. Patrick Kay

Expert to the IRC, Doctorin Far Eastern studies (Paris 1989) had been attached to the CNRS URA 1075M, Paris 1990, on a temporary contract as well as to the E.P.H.E, lV section (Sorbome-Paris).

He is currently an associate research fellow with the inter-disciplinary unit at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis for South East Asia, Madagascar and the islands in the Indian Ocean; of which he is the representative in the R.D.P. Lao.

Michel Derepas

Economist, has 30 years' experience in the private sector and is an honorary specialist to the Courts. He has made several field trips to Vietnam and Laos from 1993 to 1996. He has been an associate researcher at the Institute for Cultural Research since 1996, and an assistant-editor for the Lanxang Heritage publication.

Contents

Luang Prabang and Its Art | Furniture and Statuary | Beliefs and Religions | Population and Habitat

Gallery I: Temples in Luang Prabang |  Gallery II: Furniture & Statuary | Gallery III: Beliefs | Gallery IV: Population & Habitat