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title: That Luong Festival poster, Vientiane (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/that-luong-festival-lao-vientiane-1956/
description: A Lao-language color poster showing the gilded That Luang stupa and its walled compound in Vientiane, with angels above.
section: Collection
---

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# That Luong Festival poster, Vientiane (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)

A Lao-language color poster showing the gilded That Luang stupa and its walled compound in Vientiane, with angels above, announcing the That Luang festival dated 1956 in the lettering below. A small line of English at the foot reads 'Printed by the United States Information Service'. The poster states no argument; the tell is transfer, in which the prestige of a national Buddhist monument and festival is placed beside the U.S. imprint.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ພຣະຣາຊອານາຈັກລາວ
ວຽງຈັນ

[left banner:] ບຸນທາດຫລວງ ວັນທີ 17 [illegible] 1956
[right banner:] ເດືອນ [illegible]

[imprint, Lao then English:] [illegible] / Printed by the United States Information Service
```

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

```
Kingdom of Laos, Vientiane. [left banner:] That Luang festival, the 17th [month illegible] 1956. [right banner:] Month [illegible]. [imprint:] Printed by the United States Information Service.
```

Decorative Lao lettering; uncertain syllables are marked [illegible].

[← Buddha Anniversary poster (Lao, distributed in Vientiane)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buddha-anniversary-poster-lao-1956/) [SEATO poster 184, fact sheet (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/seato-poster-184-fact-sheet-lao-vientiane-1956/)

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