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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The boat racing festival called Boun Suang Heua [1] or Boun Xuang Heua (Lao: ບຸນຊ່ວງເຮືອ [bùn sūa̯ŋ.hɯ́a̯]) or Loy Krathong (Lao ...
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.
Phaya Thaen Park Saen launch racks, Yasothon, Thailand Rockets reaching very high altitudes. 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 ...
Baci is a phi ritual used to celebrate important events and occasions, like births and marriages and also entering the monkhood, departing, returning, beginning a new year, and welcoming or bidding etc. [1] The ritual of the baci involves tying strings around a person's wrist to preserve good luck, and has become a national custom.