Friends, colleagues and staff from Houei Kong Cluster at the "baci" ceremony in Pakxe in Sedone Province

Photographer

Bowman, James

Date

• June 22, 1971

Summary

• Bill Sage ties cotton strings on the wrist of Mr. Rinh, USAID Cashier in Pakxe originally from the Laven village of Nong E-oi (XB 6572), one of the villages in the Houei Kong Cluster. The wrist string-tying ceremony(known as a "baci" in the Lao language), takes place in Pakxe in Sedone Province. In the background are Mr. Sen (a Nyaheun) on the right and Mr. Phek (a Laven) on the left.