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SUMMARY:Buddhist Scriptures (Hor Thri Pidok) Ceremony in Salavanh Province
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URL:https://www.tourismlaos.org/event/buddhist-scriptures-hor-thri-pidok-ceremony-in-salavanh-province/
CATEGORIES:National Events & Festivals of Visit Laos Year 2024
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SUMMARY:That Luang Festival in Vientiane Capital
DESCRIPTION:Boun Pha That Luang is the most meaningful festival in Vientiane Capital as well as in the Lao PDR. It is held over three to seven days during the full moon of the twenty-fifth lunar month (November\, but sometimes it is at the end of October). The festival starts with a colorful candlelight wax castle (Phasat Pheung) procession which starts the evening before at Vat Simeuang. The procession continues to the next afternoon from Vat Simeuang to Pha That Luang. People carry flowers\, candles\, incense and wax castles decorated with flowers and bank notes. People wear their best clothes for this procession and there is also a parade of the men and women dressed in various Loa ethnic costumes who dance and play traditional music and songs while approaching the stupa. The s-called wax castles have been a part of Lao lifestyle for many years\, and bringing one to Pha that Luang on this occasion is believed to bring considerable merit. \nThe following morning\, a huge crowd assembles at dawn at Pha That Luang to give alms to hundreds of monks who come here from around the country\, and to play homage to the stupa. In the afternoon\, everyone will gather on the esplanade for the traditional game of Ti Khee\, which is played with a ball and long curved stick\, resembling a game of hockey. The festival draws to close under a full moon when people from all over Laos will crowd around Pha That Luang for one last candlelight procession. There are also fire work displays to make the end of the celebration. During the Pha That Luang stupa festival\, there are trade fairs\, concerts and fun fairs held.
URL:https://www.tourismlaos.org/event/that-luang-festival-in-vientiane-capital/
CATEGORIES:National Events & Festivals of Visit Laos Year 2024
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SUMMARY:End of the buddhist Lent Days "Candle Light Festival" in Luang Prabang Province
DESCRIPTION:Boun Lai Heua Fai is a festival for the Phanang Naga which is held during Boun Xouang Heua in order to bring good luck. Each village in many provinces makes and decorates a boat. The boats are then paraded through the town\, at night they are lunched onto the river and ceremoniously set on fire as offerings to spirits. This festival involves floating the ritual flowers onto the river\, to send of bad luck and give thanks to the water spirits. When holding boat race\, people ritually reclaim the land from the Naga\, chasing them out from fields and streams and back into the Mekong River.
URL:https://www.tourismlaos.org/event/end-of-the-buddhist-lent-days-candle-light-festival-in-luang-prabang-province/
CATEGORIES:National Events & Festivals of Visit Laos Year 2024
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SUMMARY:Lao New Year Festival in Luang Prabang
DESCRIPTION:Lao New Year begins at the same time each year and lasts for three days (April 14th-16th). It is one of the most important dates in the calendar as well as being a time of celebrate and endless fun. The festival is held before the onset of the rainy season to recognize the importance of water in people’s lives. It has also become synonymous with holiday\, the celebration of Lao identity\, the reinforcement of family bonds and an opportunity to reflect on the year ahead. Lao New Year celebrate in all Provinces\, especially in Luang Prabang Province and Vientiane Capital. It is also a purification festival during which the Buddhist images in the household and the temples are ritually cleaned with sacred water. \nThe first day (14th) is the last day of the old year. House and villages are properly cleaned on the first day. Perfume\, water and flowers are also prepared for the Lao New Year. Buddhist images are taken out of the temples to be cleaned with scented water by devotees\, and placed on special temporary altars within the compounds of Vats (temples). Devotees gather the scented water falling of the images to take home and use it to pour on friends and relatives\, as an act of cleansing and purification before entering the New Year. The second day (15th) of the festival is the “day of no day”\, a day that falls in neither the old year nor the New Year. The last day (16th) of the festival marks the start of the New Year. In the evening of the 16th\, the images are returned to their proper shrines within the temples. Throughout the three days of the festival\, a lot of meaningful and joyful activities are held nationwide\, mainly basic or Soo Kwan (tying cotton strings around people’s wrists)\, water splashing\, sand stupa building and a beauty pageant.
URL:https://www.tourismlaos.org/event/lao-new-year-festival-in-luang-prabang/
CATEGORIES:National Events & Festivals of Visit Laos Year 2024
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240225
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SUMMARY:Sikhottabong Stupa Festival in Khammouane Province
DESCRIPTION:Sikhottabong Stupa festival is held annually during the full moon in February and it is celebrated over several days. People of north eastern Thailand\, Nakhorn Phnom\, and nearby provinces come and gather for stupa worshipping and entertainment. During the festival\, there are religious activities along with a local trade fair and performances held around the stupa.
URL:https://www.tourismlaos.org/event/sikhottabong-stupa-festival-in-khammouane-province/
CATEGORIES:National Events & Festivals of Visit Laos Year 2024
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240222
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240225
DTSTAMP:20231221T055803Z
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SUMMARY:Vat Phou Festival in Champasack Province
DESCRIPTION:This is the largest festival in Champasack Province and one of the largest festivals in the entire country. It is held annually on the grounds of the enchanting pre-Angkorian remains of Vat Phou in Champasack. This festival attracts thousands of people each year\, who come for prayer ceremonies and to enjoy the festivities. There is elephant racing\, buffalo fighting\, cock fighting and performances of Lao traditional music and dances. There is also a trade fair showcasing the products from the southern provinces of Laos\, and from the neighbouring countries
URL:https://www.tourismlaos.org/event/vat-phou-festival-in-champasack-province/
CATEGORIES:National Events & Festivals of Visit Laos Year 2024
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SUMMARY:Kapok Flower Festival
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URL:https://www.tourismlaos.org/event/kapok-flower-festival/
CATEGORIES:National Events & Festivals of Visit Laos Year 2024
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SUMMARY:Phabath Phonsan Festival in Bolikhamxay Province
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URL:https://www.tourismlaos.org/event/phabath-phonsan-festival-in-bolikhamxay-province/
CATEGORIES:National Events & Festivals of Visit Laos Year 2024
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240108
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SUMMARY:Hmong New Year in Vientiane Province
DESCRIPTION:Hmong New Year in Phonkham Village\, Phon Hong District\, Vientiane Province.
URL:https://www.tourismlaos.org/event/hmong-new-year-in-vientiane-province/
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