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title: Lao poster No. 1, monks before a Buddha image (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lao-poster-no-1-monks-before-buddha-image-lao-vientiane-1959/
description: A drawn Buddha image sits above a row of kneeling, saffron-robed monks seen from behind, with three lines of Lao text across the lower third.
section: Collection
---

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[![Lao poster No. 1, monks before a Buddha image, 1959 US poster: A drawn Buddha image sits above a row of kneeling](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lao-poster-no-1-monks-before-buddha-image-lao-vientiane-1959.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lao-poster-no-1-monks-before-buddha-image-lao-vientiane-1959.jpg)

# Lao poster No. 1, monks before a Buddha image (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)

A drawn Buddha image sits above a row of kneeling, saffron-robed monks seen from behind, with three lines of Lao text across the lower third. The text speaks of religion and of a goal that can be reached. The tell is transfer and glittering generalities: reverence for the Buddha and the monkhood is attached to an unnamed political message about government.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Lao) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ສາສນາສົ່ງເສີມແສງສະຫວ່າງເຮັດໃຫ້ເກີດຄວາມແຮງ
ກ້າໃນຄ່າມຈັດໃຈແລະຄວາມສົມຕິສຸກເຫລວທີ່
ຈະພົບຣະນາໄດ້.
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Religion promotes light and makes strength arise ... [middle line unclear] ... can be found. (approximate)
```

White lettering runs over red robes and parts of the second line are uncertain; translation is approximate.

[← Survival in Space poster, Sinhalese edition (Sinhalese poster distributed in Colombo)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/survival-in-space-sinhalese-colombo-1959/) [Lao poster No. 2, soldiers on map with flag (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lao-poster-no-2-soldiers-on-map-with-flag-lao-vientiane-1959/)

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