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WHERE YOUTH AND PLEASURE MEET TO BEGUILE THE GLOWING HOURS OF A LAOTIAN NOONTIDE Laos has been amusingly termed the Kingdom of the Flirt, and, indeed, much of the time of the young men is spent in paying court to the Laotian girls. In the streets they may be seen walking and chatting gaily together, exchanging flowers and amorous compliments, and a favourite occupation is sitting in groups at the entrance to the pagodas, where they amuse themselves with recitations, singing, and playing on the quaintly-fashioned musical instruments of the country |