Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te koroni me te
i te pakanga ā-iwi, kāore te pikitia i whakaarohia hei kaupapa matua. Tae noa ki te tau 1989, ko te Tari Kiriata o te Manatū Ahurea he mana motuhake ki te whakaputa kiriata. Ko te kiriata roa tuatahi i hangaia i muri i te whakakorenga o te rangatiratanga ko te "Gun Voice from the Plain of Jars", na Somchith Pholsena i whakahaere i te 1983, engari i aukatihia tana tukunga na te taatai. Whai muri i te 1989, i whakaaetia ētahi kamupene kāwanatanga ki te mahi, engari he iti noa te angitu. I te mea, i te tuhi i te tau 1995, i kii a Som Ock Southiponh "Kaore he whare pikitia o Laos".