Sabaidee Muong Lao: Bylan Paper and Lacquerware

ສະບາຍດີເມືອງລາວ ການອະນຸລັກຫນັງສືໃບລານແລະຊ້ານໍ້າຫມາກກ້ຽງແຂວງຫລວງພະບາງ
LaoStar Channel's Sabaidee Muong Lao visits makers of bylan paper manuscripts and a decorative lacquer ware bowls studio, in Luangprabang.  Video clip is in Lao language.

Video Credit:  LaoStar Channel

Related Languages - Lao, Pali, Sanskrit

If you've never seen this before, you'll be interested to see the progression that has brought us modern day written Lao language.

The Making of Palm Leaf Manuscripts in Laos

The pictures shown here are borrowed from Laomanuscripts.net and it shows a step by step process of how bylan (palm leaf) is made.  If you've never seen it before, it's quite interesting!  Bylan can last for decades and centuries if well stored and taken care of.

LLR (book): Recherches Nouvelles sur le Laos / New Research on Laos

Title:  Recherches Nouvelles sur le Laos / New Research on Laos
Edited By:  Yves Goudineau and Michel Lorrillard
Publisher/Year:  École Française D'Extrême-Orient (EFEO), 2008
ISBN: 9782855396545
Price:  $100+

LLR (book): Where do Lots of Lao Words Come From?

Title:  ພາ​ສາ​ລາວ​ສັບແລະ​ຄວາມ​ໝາຍ / Lao Language Vocabulary and Meaning / pasa lao sup lae kuam my
By:  Tongkum Anmanisone (Awnmaneeson), Suvan Tilavong (Teelavong)
Publisher/Year:  The National Publishing House (peemtee hongpeem haeng sat), 1997

Online Pali Dictionaries

Found a few resources for looking up Pali words.  There's books you can buy on this as well but the convenience of an online search database is great too.  There's a lot of Lao words that were originally sourced from Pali.  Though they've been changed and often are shortened in Lao language today.  So if you have an interest in learning where certain Lao words come from and what they mean, it'll be good to keep these links in mind.

Old Lao Manuscripts Modernized, Digitized, and Accessorized

Lao Palm Leaf Manuscripts - digitized and online!  Isn't it ironic that the oldest documents in Laos are now modernized and digitally accessible when many modern Lao literature still is not?