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Laos
and Ethnic Minority Cultures:
Promoting Heritage
Edited by
Yves Goudineau
UNESCO PUBLISHING
MEMORY OF PEOPLES
Laos and Ethnic Minority Cultures
Laos and Ethnic Minority Cultures:
Promoting Heritage
Edited by YVES GOUDINEAU
Memory of Peoples
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UNESCO Publishing
The authors are responsible for the choice and the
presentation of the facts contained in this book and
for the opinions expressed therein, which are not
necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit
the Organization.
The designations employed and the presentation of
material throughout this publication do not imply the
expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of
UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country,
territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning
the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
UNESCO wishes to express its gratitude to the Japanese
Ministry of Foreign Affairs for its support to this
publication through the UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust for
the Safeguarding and Promotion of Intangible Heritage.
Published in 2003 by the
United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
7, place de Fontenoy F-75352 Paris 07 SP
Plate section: Marion Dejean
Cartography and drawings: Marina Taurus
Composed by La Mise en page
Printed by Imprimerie Leclerc, Abbeville, France
ISBN 92-3-103891-5
© UNESCO 2003
Printed in France
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Foreword
YVES GOUDINEAU
It is quite clear to every observer that Laos owes part of its
cultural wealth to the unique diversity which resides in the
bosom of the different populations that have settled on its
present territory down the ages, bringing with them a mix
of languages, beliefs and aesthetic traditions. Side by side
with Lao culture as such, the very many ‘ethnic minorities’
that are an important part – close on half – of the popula-
tion of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (numbering
some 5 million persons living in an area comparable to that
of the United Kingdom) have engendered a considerable
number of local cultures that have retained their vigour
despite the vagaries that the region has known throughout
its history.
This wealth, however, is growing ever more fragile. So it
was that, in order to study ways and means of protecting
these cultural minorities, an ‘International Expert Meeting
for the Safeguarding and Promotion of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage of the Ethnic Minority Groups of the Lao
People’s Democratic Republic’ was held in Vientiane from
7 to 12 October 1996. Coming very shortly after a similar
meeting in Hanoi in March 1994, it was prepared by
UNESCO at the request of the Lao Commission for
UNESCO. The organizers had it in mind to assess the
opportunity created by this multi-ethnicity, to make it
better known and appreciated and, considering the very
real danger of degradation or depreciation of these local

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