In Laos, home to hiding traditions and respect for invisible beings, the candidate for the marriage has to achieve a quite difficult course, often very long, sinuous and full of pitfalls, before he could get married with his beloved one. If the youngsters living in the city have a relative freedom of meeting and sorties, especially since the advent of the economic development accompanied with the emancipation of the young women who can now have a job while studying, the country people can declare their flames only on the discreet supervision of a member of the ladies family. And in quite special condition.