Tak Bat (Monk Collecting Alms), Luang Prabang, Laos PDR Editorial Photo

'Tak Bat' (Buddhist Monks collecting alms at dawn), Luang Prabang City, Luang Prabang Province, Laos PDR. Tak Bat is a vivid religious tradition in all Theravada Buddhist countries, but particularly spectacular in Luang Prabang. 'Tak Bat is the Lao term for monks' morning rounds or the Lao tradition of monks walking silently through their communities soliciting rice and alms. It's not unusual i