19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Hac, Lao Ethnic Group, Vietnam

"I raised this rooster to catch wild roosters in the forest" Hac explains. She wears the traditional clothes of the Lao ethnic group, one of the 54 officially recognized ethnic groups of Vietnam.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Lai Chau, Vietnam
Copyright: © Alden Anderson