| Boat Racing
Festival
in Khammouane Province |
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| It is held on the Sebangfai River.
At the same occasion a trade fair of the agricultural products, local
handicrafts, Traditional Lao music and dance performance are organized.
In this
festival, citizens donate offerings to dead ancestors to gain merit. |
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10-11 October
Boun Ok
Phansa and Boat Racing Festival |
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| The festival held after
the end of the monks’ three-month fast and
retreat during the rainy season (Boun Khao Phansa). At dawn on the
first day,
donations and offerings are made at temples around the city. In the
evening,
candlelight processions are held at temples and hundreds of colorful
floats are
decorated with flowers, incense and candles are set adrift down the Mekong River
to pay respect to the river spirit. The following day in Vientiane,
Savannakhet and Champasack Province, a popular and exciting boat racing
competition is held to celebrate the Mekong River. |
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| Boun Khathin |
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| This festival begins
immediately after the last day of Lent, and lasts until the next full
moon.
During the one month period, devoted of the Buddhist faith help the
monks to
carry out their religious practice by making offering all their 9
requisites
and other useful items. |
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05-09
November
That Luang
Festival and Trade Fair in Vientiane |
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| This religious festival
is held in and around That Luang Stupa, the
National Symbol of Laos where hundreds of monks gather to accept alms
and
floral votive from the people> the festival includes a grand
fireworks
display at night. During the day, an international trade fairs,
showcasing
tourism in Laos
and other countries from ASEAN and the greater Mekong Sub-region.
During the
same period a similar festival is also celebrated at Chine Tm Stoup in Luang Namtha Province.
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23-24
November
Hmong’s New
Year in Oudomxay, Xiengkhouang,
Luang Prabang and Vientiane
Province |
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This year, Hmong’s New
Year celebration feature colorful displays of
traditional costumes made made from green, res and white silk and
ornate silver
jewelry. Music from traditional Hmong instruments such as the
teun-flute,
Hmong-style Khene pipe and leave blowing is enjoyed. Other festivities
include
Mak Khon (cotton-ball) throwing ceremony, ox fighting, spinning top
races and
crossbow demonstrations. |
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05-08
December
That Inhang
Festival in Savannakhet
Province |
| This festival will be
held on the grounds of the splendid That Inhang Stupa
which is located just outside the city of Savannakhet
Province. And international trade fair will include exhibitions of
tourism products
from Laos, Tahiland
and Vietnam.
The
fair will also include the performance of traditional Lao Music and
dance as
well as a sports competition featuring football, boxing, tennis and
local traditions
including a drumming competition. |
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