Consecration: Musicians in the ceremony, 1987

Consecration: Musicians in the ceremony, 1987

1987

The traditional musicians take part in this ceremony. Inside the temple I have only heard taped music played during celebration, nonetheless, music is an important part of the religious ceremonies, especially weddings where the music is used to introduce or "call the bride" to the ceremony and generally accompany the proceedings. The instruments shown here are the troe (violin), kloy (flute), and takae (similar to a mountain dulcimer, background).

Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 10 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies.

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

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