Older Lao women with sashes, barefoot, near Muang Kasy

Photographer

Halpern, Joel M. (Joel Martin), 1929-

Date

• 1957

Summary

• Sashes, or "pha phae", such as these are used mainly for ceremonial purposes. However, their multipurpose nature finds them being used often in everyday life as well. In the mid 1950s the population of this regional center was estimated to be a bit over 1,000.