Needlework: Kam Phang works on the Komrope Trie, 1987

Needlework: Kam Phang works on the Komrope Trie, 1987

1987

Kam Phang working on the Komrope Trie. The Komrope Trie is used during the ceremony the ordination of the monk. During the ceremony the ordinand assembles outside the temple with the laity in order to walk of the Three Refuges of Buddhism. By his side stands a woman who balances a silver tray upon her head. Inside the tray are the robes that the candidate will wear once he is ordained. The Komrope Trie is placed as a covering over the robes.

Needlework, photograph 4 of 7, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies.

View the Needlework group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/CambodianNeedlework.

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