Cultural Tour : Myanmar delegation tours in Luang Prabang

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services General Ye Win Oo, accompanied by his wife and delegation members, attended a traditional Lao Buddhist alms-giving ceremony (Tak Bat) at Wat Xieng Thong Monastery in Luang Prabang on Friday.

The Commander-in-Chief and party offered food and donations to the monks. Tak Bat is a traditional Lao Buddhist alms-giving ceremony that reflects Buddhist faith, cultural heritage and peaceful living.

The ceremony takes place daily from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. Monks walk in a line to collect alms, while local people sit along the streets and offer sticky rice, traditional food and other donations into the monks' alms bowls. The ceremony is also a popular cultural attraction among international tourists visiting Laos.

The delegation later visited the Royal Palace Museum, a UNESCO World Heritage site, where they paid respect to the Phra Bang Buddha Image and viewed historical royal items, furniture and traditional Lao artworks. Officials from the museum explained the historical exhibits.