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Historic Media Pre-2022: Lao Traditional Textile Fashion

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Collection of historic photos from previous Lunar New Years (1985-2021) focused on the themes of fashion and textiles. Features costumes worn in religious ceremonies and by street performers.

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laotian americanssocial life and customslouisianacostumepageantslao new yearbroussard (lafayette parish and saint martin parish, la.)still imageethnographyreligious life and customslao (tai people)photo, print, drawingamerican folklife centerlao buddhist new year festival in southern louisianacommunity collections grant project

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1985. Historic Media Pre-2022: Lao Traditional Textile Fashion. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2022010_022_ph/

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american folklife center subjectbroussard placebroussard (lafayette parish and saint martin parish, la.) subjectcommunity collections grant project subjectcostume subjectethnography subjectlao (tai people) subjectlao buddhist new year festival in southern louisiana subjectlao new year subjectlaotian americans subjectlouisiana placelouisiana subjectpageants subjectphoto, print, drawing resourcephoto, print, drawing subjectreligious life and customs subject

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