Laos - The People And The Land - A Journey Through Postcards

During the first decades of the 20th century, the French Indochinese government used to take photos of the colony. Many of the photos were issued as postcards, all in brown colors. Here is the first group, all about Buddhism in Laos:






Pou Gneu Nha Gneu Buddhist festival celebrating the legend about the creation of the city of Luang Prabang by a mythical couple:

Second and last group of postcards issued by the French Indochinese government, all show landscapes of Laos:

Artificially colorized postcards from the French colonial period, all show people from different ethnic groups of Laos:

Artificially colorized postcards from the French colonial period, all show people Buddha statues and landscapes of Laos:

The Vietnamese photographer (1907-2009) was active in the 4th and 5th decades of the 20th century and taken a lot of photos in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam mainly of the people of the area. Many of his photo were used to create colorized postcards. I know 37 postcards from his photos show Laos. I have 16 of them. Here is the first group, all show people of Laos from the Province of Xieng Khouang, Northern Laos which populated mainly by the Hmong people:

I just noticed that I omitted in my previous post the Vietnamese photographer name Vo An Ninh (1907-2009). Here is the second group of postcards of An Ninh's photos, show people of Laos from the Province of Xieng Khouang, Northern Laos:

Third and last group of postcards of An Ninh's photos, show people of Laos and Buddha statues:

What an amazing trip to the past.
Postcards keep images of the past before modernity changes everything.
I love postcards when they have the stamp and postmark on the front, next to the photo.
Thank you !!

Thanks, jorgesurcl, for your words! I also like postcards have the stamp and postmark on the front especially maxi cards. From the next post, after I posted all PC's from the French colonial period, I am going to post postcards from the independent Kingdom of Laos. From this period, I have several with stamp on the front and several maxi cards.

Until now I posted PC's from the French colonial era (except the PC's of the photographer Vo An Ninh, which I don't know the exact years they were taken).

From now, I will post PC's from the period of the Kingdom of Laos. Let's start with PC'a about traditional agriculture in Laos:




These PC's were usd to create maxi cards with the stamps issued by Laos to publicize the "anti hunger campaign". Note the special commemorative postmark:

Procession of Pi Mai, Buddhist New Year festival, Luang Prabang, 1961:


King Savang Vatthana in Pi Mai, Buddhist New Year festival,

Rural life in Laos during the Kingdom period:

Wat Sisaket temple, Vientiane during the Kingdom of Laos period. These PC's show the Ho Tay (library), a structure used to keep the Buddhist manuscripts written on palm leaves:

Wow LaoPhil

What an incredible journey you have taken us on. This is an impressive collection of postcards you have.

Thank you for sharing it with us

Dianne

Hi



Fantastic views of Laos