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
- Date
- August 14, 1956
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Service (U.S. Information Agency), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series; imprint: 'Printed by the United States Information Service'
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- Religion
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, August 14, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949107, 306-PPB-199).
Text on the object
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
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].
