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  2. That Luang Festival - Wikipedia

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    Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city center and proceeds to That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life.

  3. List of festivals in Laos - Wikipedia

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    Boun Wat Phu Champasak; Chinese New Year/Tết; Hmong New Year; International Labor Day; Lai Heua Fai; Lao Children's Day; 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

  4. Rocket Festival - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Public holidays in Laos - Wikipedia

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    Lent begins in July and lasts 3 months. Monks are required to stay within their wat during this time, to meditate and focus on dharma studies. Lao men are traditionally ordained as monks during this time. Late August or early September: Haw Khao Padap Din: Paying respect to the dead. Mid September: Boun Khao Salak: People make offerings to the ...

  6. Theravada New Year - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Lao New Year - Wikipedia

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    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. [2] Lao New Year takes place in April, the hottest time of the year in Laos, which is also the start of the monsoon season. Lao New Year takes place at virtually the same time as the new year ...

  8. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for ...

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    According to the New York Times, here's exactly how to play Strands: Find theme words to fill the board. Theme words stay highlighted in blue when found.

  9. Fifth tourist dies after suspected 'tainted drinks' in Laos

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    British lawyer Simone White has become the fifth tourist to have died in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos, south-east Asia. The UK's Foreign Office confirmed the 28-year-old's death on Thursday ...