Surprisingly, there was also a huge contingent of monks in the parade. I don't normally associate monks with parades, but it did make for some nice photos.

Luang Prabang attracts visitors due primarily to its French colonial architecture and the abundance of monks, who make it pretty easy to take an artsy photo. As in all Buddhist countries, the monks, most of whom are still children, get up very early in the morning and walk the streets as townspeople give them rice for their only meal of the day, usually at 11 am. We were too lazy to get up early for those very popular photos, so here are a few later in the day, when the monks are just hanging around.