King Anouvong Statue Erection Ceremony
About King Anouvong Statue Erection Ceremony!
Source:
KPL Newspaper
The consecration of the statue
of King
Anouvong at the new public park
named after the king, attracted more than hundred thousands of local
residents, monks, nuns, guests and visitors, on 23rd August, 2010.
A long procession set off at
Vat Sisaket temple, turning right and going towards the Mekong
River by where the park is
located.
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The ritual was marked with the
gong blasting by President Choummaly Sayasone to salute King Anouvong
Statue erection ceremony.
The construction of King
Anouvong's public park is the most of outstanding event of the country
and one of the 21 priority projects of Vientiane, which is historically
significant to the nation and in implementation of the Party's policy
to show gratitude towards ancestors who had made good deeds and showed
heroic acts to defend the motherland.
In his report to the rally, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad said that Lao people always keep King Anouvong and his heroic acts and deeds in defense of the motherland in mind and therefore, today King Anouvong statue erection ceremony is an historic moment for all Lao people..
A study team was dispatched to
central Savannakhet
province to collect information
with the sixth generation of his descendants, said the Vice Premier.
The statue, costing about 5
billion kip to sculpt, stands 8.28 m tall and 3 m wide, weighting
almost 13 tonnes of copper. The king features holding a sword in his
left hand while gesturing with his right, looking towards the Mekong
River. Chao
Anouvong was the last king of
the Vientiane dynasty of the Kingdom of Lane Xang, during his reign
from 1804 to 1828. He proved to be one of the bravest kings in the Lao
history, courageously fighting against the Siamese invasion unyielding
during the 1826-1828 fight for national independence from the Kingdom
of Siam.
The statue of King Anouvong is
the largest of them all in the Lao PDR.
The Vice-Premier also
appreciated the efforts and devotion of the casting team who managed to
cast the figure by four months instead of six by the technical standard.
According to Lao history, the
18th century brought the decline of the Lane Xang monarchy. The kingdom
was split into three dynasties and was invaded and controlled by
Siamese feudalism.
But the Lao people maintained
their unity, frequently put up rebellion against the Siamese dominance.
The most notable movement was
the nationwide campaign led by Chao Anouvong in the 1826-1828 period.
Though the uprising was quelled, the movement was a significant page in
the Lao history for the cause of national fight for independence.
Between 1828 and 1829, Siam
forced more than 100,000 people on both sides of the Mekong River,
including the king's family, to resettle as prisoners of war in Siam.
The Siamese ransacked and
burned houses in the capital to the ground, stealing valuables from
every temple except Vat Sisaket, including the most sacred Buddha
images of Laos - the Phra Bang held as the Palladium of the kingdom,
and the Emerald Buddha.
King Anouvong Statue Erection
Ceremony was also attended by Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, a
number of senior government officials, venerable monks and members of
the committee in charge of the creation of the statue.
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