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Internat ional Relations Year 1

Buddhism and Lao society – from Lan Xang to modernity

vocabulary work

Write the missing word in the sentence. The Lao translation is in brackets.

1) ________________________ , or a belief in spirits, is still very much a part of Lao culture.
(ການນ ັ ບຖືຜີ)

2) When he founded the Kingdom of Lan Xang, King Fa Ngum made Buddhism the state

_________________. (ສາສະໜາ)

3) The art and ________________________ of the temples impressed the first European visitors
to Lan Xang. (ສະຖາປັດຕະຍະກຳ)

4) Kings could display their power and ________________________ by building magnificent
temples. (ກຽດສັກສີ)

5) Lao houses have a separate ______________ ________________ in the garden to house the
spirits of ________________________. (ຫໍຜີ, ບັນພະບຸລຸດ)

6) Lao people organise a baci _______________________ to mark important events in their lives.
(ພິທີ)

7) Southeast Asia is a _____________________________ region. (ທີ ່ ມີຫຼາຍຊົນເຜົ ່ າ)

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