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Lao Elephant Festival; Lao Independence Day; Lao Issara Day; Lao New Day; Lao Women's Day; Pi Mai Lao; Ok Phansa; Pathet Lao Day; That In Hang Festival; Vixakha Bouxa ...
There is also a legend that links the cotton thread's significance to a successful and happy married life. In Laos, where a traditional way of life is of trust on beliefs and superstitions, a marriage ceremony has a special link to an ancient legend and to the thread tying ceremony of the Baci celebration.
Lao New Year: Boun Pi Mai: Celebrated for 3 days, this is the most important celebration of the year. Throwing buckets of water to passersby. The best festival is the Luang Prabang festivities, which include a procession, a fair, a sand-castle competition on the Mekong, a Miss New Year pageant, folk performances, and cultural shows. Mid May ...
Lao New Year is a popular English name for a traditional celebration known in Laos as "Pi Mai" or "Songkan" (in Lao language). Lao New Year is widely celebrated festival in Laos. [ 1 ] The festival is also celebrated by the Lao in Australia , Canada , France , the UK and the US.
Hmong New Year, which is celebrated by Lao Sung groups. Includes traditional clothing, games, and food. “Dating games” are played where young women throw cloth balls to boys they prefer. Gambling and Ox fights are also traditional. November: Lai Heua Fai: ລອຍກະທົງ The Lao festival of lights, similar to Diwali and Loy ...
Theravāda New Year, also known as Songkran, is the water-splashing festival celebration in the traditional new year for the Theravada Buddhist calendar widely celebrated across South and Southeast Asia in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, parts of northeast India, parts of Vietnam, and Xishuangbanna, China [2] [3] begins on 13 April of the year.
Buddhist festivals in Laos (6 P) M. Multi-sport events in Laos (2 P) Pages in category "Festivals in Laos" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The Rocket Festival (Thai: ประเพณีบุญบั้งไฟ, romanized: Prapheni Bun Bang Fai, Lao: ບຸນບັ້ງໄຟ, romanized: Bun Bang Fai) is a merit-making ceremony traditionally practiced by ethnic Lao people at the beginning of the wet season in various villages and municipalities in Northeastern Thailand and ...