The Lao New Year festival program for Luang Prabang has been announced, featuring a variety of activities for both visitors and residents to enjoy from 11 to 20 April.
The most important days are from 14 to 16 April, with events typically including a traditional market fair, an elephant procession, sand stupas along the riverbank, and the grand procession of Miss New Year from Wat That Noy to Wat Xieng Thong.
Below is the schedule of events:
Schedule of Events for the Lao New Year Celebrations in Luang Prabang
11 April
19:30, Miss New Year Pageant
12 April
19:30, Miss New Year Pageant
13 April
7:30, Elephant procession from Wat Mai to Wat Xieng Thong
14 April
7:00, Traditional Market Fair will take place between the Post Office and That Luang Field
9:00, Various temples will bring out their Buddha images for local people to wash with lustral water
13:00, Building sand stupas on Xaymoungkhoun Island in the Mekong
15 April
9:00, Government officials preside over traditional ceremonies of the Leu ethnic group in Phanom Village
14:00, Grand procession of Miss New Year from Wat That Noy to Wat Xieng Thong
19:00, Sprinkling lustral water over Buddha images at various temples around the city
16 April
5:30, Almsgiving ceremony and then climbing Phousi Hill to make merit
14:00, Grand procession of Miss New Year from Wat Xieng Thong to Wat That Noy
19:00, Naga and lantern parades descend from Phousi Mountain to the pond inside the National Museum, along with traditional Phalak Phalam dancing
17 April
08:30, The Prabang is paraded out of Hor Prabang to Wat Mai
10:00, Provincial leaders and the seven Miss New Year winners visit Ting Caves
18 and 19 April
8:00-23:00, Worshippers sprinkle lustral water on the Prabang Buddha image at Wat Mai
20 April
9:00, The Prabang is paraded back to Hor Prabang from Wat Mai
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An ancient Buddhist relic believed to be 700 years old was found floating in the middle of the Mekong River and has drawn a large number of tourists from Laos and Thailand.
The Thaiger reports that people in Nong Khai Province have been riding down the Mekong river in droves to visit the Phra That Lah Nong Pagoda which is believed to be over 700 years old and has resurfaced with the river’s water levels decreasing in the dry season.
Many were seen visiting the stupa over the weekend making merits, providing offerings, and asking for blessings.
The stupa emerges from time to time during low water levels in the river near the Hat Kham subdistrict in Nong Khai and Hatxayfong district in Vientiane Capital. According to Thailand Tourism Directory, the complete pagoda which was located on the banks of the Mekong was destroyed in 1766 and some ruins fell into the river in 1766.
The touchable area of the stupa is 12.20 meters tall, and the base of the relic at the lowest level is 15.80 meters wide.
In Vientiane Capital, the stupa can be seen from Tha Deua village, Hatsayfong district where the Leelavadee Saiykong Restaurant offers a cruise ride of one hour to the stupa with LAK 500,000 or around USD 29.
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To make use of this new connectivity, tourism agencies in Laos and Vietnam will be organizing tour programs on this route for visitors from Laos who want to visit Danang, according to a spokesperson from Lao Airlines.
The airlines and tour operators organized a workshop earlier this month in Da Nang to prepare the flights and discuss ways to promote tourism between the two countries.
Viet Nam Newsreports that Danang’s tourism department said the direct flight would help boost tourism connections among world heritage sites in central Vietnam and destinations in Vientiane and Luang Prabang.
Lao Airlines announced last month that it would be restarting direct flights between Vientiane and Danang on Thursdays and Sundays every week starting on 30 March.
The airlines flew to Danang on a Vientiane-Savannakhet-Pakse-Danang route earlier, but the service was suspended because of low demand in 2012, and plans to resume service in 2020 were canceled owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Luang Prabang Releases Lao New Year Event Schedule for 2023
The Lao New Year festival program for Luang Prabang has been announced, featuring a variety of activities for both visitors and residents to enjoy from 11 to 20 April.
The most important days are from 14 to 16 April, with events typically including a traditional market fair, an elephant procession, sand stupas along the riverbank, and the grand procession of Miss New Year from Wat That Noy to Wat Xieng Thong.
Below is the schedule of events:
Schedule of Events for the Lao New Year Celebrations in Luang Prabang
11 April
19:30, Miss New Year Pageant
12 April
19:30, Miss New Year Pageant
13 April
7:30, Elephant procession from Wat Mai to Wat Xieng Thong
14 April
7:00, Traditional Market Fair will take place between the Post Office and That Luang Field
9:00, Various temples will bring out their Buddha images for local people to wash with lustral water
13:00, Building sand stupas on Xaymoungkhoun Island in the Mekong
15 April
9:00, Government officials preside over traditional ceremonies of the Leu ethnic group in Phanom Village
14:00, Grand procession of Miss New Year from Wat That Noy to Wat Xieng Thong
19:00, Sprinkling lustral water over Buddha images at various temples around the city
16 April
5:30, Almsgiving ceremony and then climbing Phousi Hill to make merit
14:00, Grand procession of Miss New Year from Wat Xieng Thong to Wat That Noy
19:00, Naga and lantern parades descend from Phousi Mountain to the pond inside the National Museum, along with traditional Phalak Phalam dancing
17 April
08:30, The Prabang is paraded out of Hor Prabang to Wat Mai
10:00, Provincial leaders and the seven Miss New Year winners visit Ting Caves
18 and 19 April
8:00-23:00, Worshippers sprinkle lustral water on the Prabang Buddha image at Wat Mai
20 April
9:00, The Prabang is paraded back to Hor Prabang from Wat Mai
Source: https://laotiantimes.com/2023/03/14/luang-prabang-releases-lao-new-year-event-schedule/
Tourists from Laos, Thailand Flock to See Buddhist Stupa in Mekong River
An ancient Buddhist relic believed to be 700 years old was found floating in the middle of the Mekong River and has drawn a large number of tourists from Laos and Thailand.
The Thaiger reports that people in Nong Khai Province have been riding down the Mekong river in droves to visit the Phra That Lah Nong Pagoda which is believed to be over 700 years old and has resurfaced with the river’s water levels decreasing in the dry season.
Many were seen visiting the stupa over the weekend making merits, providing offerings, and asking for blessings.
The stupa emerges from time to time during low water levels in the river near the Hat Kham subdistrict in Nong Khai and Hatxayfong district in Vientiane Capital. According to Thailand Tourism Directory, the complete pagoda which was located on the banks of the Mekong was destroyed in 1766 and some ruins fell into the river in 1766.
The touchable area of the stupa is 12.20 meters tall, and the base of the relic at the lowest level is 15.80 meters wide.
In Vientiane Capital, the stupa can be seen from Tha Deua village, Hatsayfong district where the Leelavadee Saiykong Restaurant offers a cruise ride of one hour to the stupa with LAK 500,000 or around USD 29.
Source: https://laotiantimes.com/2023/03/17/tourists-from-laos-thailand-flock-to-see-buddhist-stupa-in-mekong-river/
Lao Airlines Ready to Restart Direct Flights to Danang
To make use of this new connectivity, tourism agencies in Laos and Vietnam will be organizing tour programs on this route for visitors from Laos who want to visit Danang, according to a spokesperson from Lao Airlines.
The airlines and tour operators organized a workshop earlier this month in Da Nang to prepare the flights and discuss ways to promote tourism between the two countries.
Viet Nam News reports that Danang’s tourism department said the direct flight would help boost tourism connections among world heritage sites in central Vietnam and destinations in Vientiane and Luang Prabang.
Lao Airlines announced last month that it would be restarting direct flights between Vientiane and Danang on Thursdays and Sundays every week starting on 30 March.
The airlines flew to Danang on a Vientiane-Savannakhet-Pakse-Danang route earlier, but the service was suspended because of low demand in 2012, and plans to resume service in 2020 were canceled owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Source: https://laotiantimes.com/2023/03/16/laos-airlines-ready-to-restart-direct-flights-to-da-nang/