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In 2007 the full-length feature movie Sabaidee Luang Prabang “Good Morning Luang Prabang” was released by Thai director Sakchai Deenan about a Thai photographer who falls in love with a Lao tour guide. Also in 2007, the Australian documentary Bomb Harvest was released to critical acclaim.
Laos, [c] officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), [d] is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. [12] Its capital and most populous city is Vientiane.
Laos (/ ˈ l ɑː oʊ s / ⓘ, / ˈ l aʊ s /, / ˈ l ɑː ɒ s /, or / ˈ l eɪ ɒ s /; Lao: ລາວ, Lao pronunciation:, Lāo), or commonly referred to its colloquial name of Muang Lao (Lao: ເມືອງລາວ, Muang Lao), is a landlocked country in the heart of the Indochinese peninsula of Mainland Southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (Burma) and China to the northwest, Vietnam to ...
The Lao people are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia. They primarily speak the Lao language, which belongs to the Kra–Dai language family. Lao people constitute the majority ethnic group of Laos, comprising 53.2% of the country's total population. They are also found in significant numbers in northeastern Thailand, particularly in ...
Māgha Pūjā (also written as Makha Bucha Day) is a Buddhist festival celebrated on the full moon day of the third lunar month [7] in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Sri Lanka and on the full moon day of Tabaung in Myanmar.
The father of an Australian teenager who died from suspected alcohol poisoning while backpacking through Laos has shared his determination to receive justice.. Shaun Bowles said he was in ...
Theravada Buddhism is the largest and dominant religion in Laos. Theravada Buddhism is central to Lao cultural identity. The national symbol of Laos is the That Luang stupa, a stupa with a pyramidal base capped by the representation of a closed lotus blossom which was built to protect relics of the Buddha.
The father of 19-year-old Holly Bowles, who died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos last month, has said he was in "disbelief" when he realised his daughter would not pull through.