Black and White Sunday: Always There

June 27, 2016 by sonyavdg 3 Comments

That Dam

The That Dam in Vientiane is somewhat incongruous, now forming a roundabout  in the middle of a city street.

Known as the ‘Black Stupa’, many locals believe this mythological structure was once inhabited by a seven-headed dragon (now dormant) that stood to protect the city from the threat of the Siamese. Another tale that does the rounds says that the gold that once graced the surface was taken when the Siamese army ransacked Vientiane back in 1828.

Taken and posted as a contribution to Paula’s Black and White Sunday with the theme of “always there”