one resident explains.
There are already unflattering,not to mention inaccurate,descriptions of the caremony on Internet travel sites.For example,one backpacker introduced Luang Prabang and the alms-giving caremony thus: "Wake up early and watch the monk rice-paradise."Such language used does not show respect for the alms ceremony,and it portrays alms offering as part of a cultural 'show' instead of the religious practice that it is.