Southeast Asia Digital Library

Alan Potkin and Catherine Raymond

Battle in the cave between Sangkip and the buffalo Thoraphi (Dahlapi). Cloudy blood flowing out would be the buffalo’s, while clear blood meant that Sankhip was killed and the cave must be sealed

still image

photographs

1998

Digital Conservation Facility, Laos
Southeast Asia Digital Library

1 photograph

scanned color negative print
ca. 1925 (building construction)
1938 (original mural painting)
December 2000 (building demolition)
Panel 19a, former image hall interior, Vat Oub Mong, Vientiane
complete temple interior murals of Phralak-Phralam, the Lao Ramayana.
Previous to the duel in the cave (panel 19b), Thorapi defeats his father and inherits the buffalo harem.

This item digitized and made available online with funds provided by United States Department of Education, TICFIA (Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information) Grant P337A05006.

Lao

Laos
Louangphrabang (Laos : Province)

Buddhist mural painting and decoration
Buddhist temples
Phralak-Phralam
Mural painting and decoration
World Heritage areas

17 58 06 N, 102 35 16 E

Buddhist mural painting and decoration
Buddhist temples
Phralak-Phralam
Mural painting and decoration
Laos
Lao
la
Louangphrabang (Laos : Province)
World Heritage areas

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