Photos of people in Laos, Southeast Asia [updated 2009-02-26]

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Lao woman spinning thread Hmong girl in traditional apparel texting on a mobile phone Man selling household goods in a Hmong village Hmong child in dragon jacket Hmong girl in traditional apparel talking on a mobile phone while playing pov pob Hmong boy with slingshot Lao kids Man paddling across the Nam Ou river Hmong girls eating bananas Boys playing in the Nam Tha River Kids playing a traditional top spinning game Giving of alms to monks in Muang Khong Boys playing in the Nam Tha River Man plowing a rice field with an ox Boy pushing a hoop with a stick Monks on a bridge Wat Kan Khong at daybreak Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes Hmong girl eating a banana Man paddling along the Nam Ou river Children at play in Ban Keuocheb, a Lao village Hmong girl in traditional apparel talking on a mobile while participating in a traditional courtship ritual Morning market in Muang Khong Woman collecting riverweed Kids playing a traditional top spinning game in Laos Monks on a bridge using cell phones Boy pushing a bicycle tire down a road with a stick Villagers collecting riverweek in the Nam Tha River Lao woman spinning Hmong boy with slingshot Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9