Title:

Main Hall, Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh, Tay Ninh Province

Cao Dai, a religious sect with a number of branches and an estimated two million practitioners, was founded in 1919 by Ngo Van Chieu. Cao Dai (literally, "High Tower," a Taoist designation for the supreme deity) is an eclectic, all unifying faith whose saints include Christ, Buddha, Victor Hugo, and Winston Churchill. When Vietnam was under French and Japanese control, the sect kept its own army.

Creator/Contributor:

Clifford, Geoffrey, Photographer

Balaban, John, 1943-, Collaborator

Date:

1987

Contributing Institution:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library