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Continued from: Wat Lao Buddhavong July 4th, 2008 Concert Part VI Tuk Badt (Almsgiving) and Paying Homage to the Triple Gems
I also posted this at my blog for Nye Noona readers. We arrived at Wat Lao Buddhavong on Thursday evening, the first thing I noticed right away are the beautiful Phraya Nak or Nagas [...]

Continued from: Wat Lao Buddhavong July 4th, 2008 Concert Part V Souvenir
I also posted this at my blog for Nye Noona readers. It was nice on Friday morning, so Tuk Badt (Almsgiving) was held outside in front of the Sala Houng Tum (main temple), the Wat (temple) provided items for Tuk Badt, and you can [...]

Continued from: Wat Lao Buddhavong July 4th, 2008 Concert Part IV Lao Foods
I also posted this at my blog for Nye Noona readers. With the high price in gas, I’m surprised that there were still as many venues set up as the previous years, but of course the buyers also shared this cost because many [...]

Continued from: Wat Lao Buddhavong July 4th, 2008 Concert Part III Lao Traditional Dance Performance
I also posted this at my blog for Nye Noona readers. My favorite foods at a Lao festival are Tum Buk Houng (Spicy Papaya Salad, sorry that I didn’t get to take a picture of it, I was hungry and ate [...]

There is a new wind blowing through Laos and it feels like the wind of change. The old structures of Lao society have been set up more than three decades ago and the international environment around Laos is changing. Adoption of new developments is needed. Neighbors Vietnam and Cambodia are opening their markets at a [...]

Continued from: Wat Lao Buddhavong July 4th, 2008 Concert Part II Sodsai Romphothong, Pridsana Vongsili and many more
I also posted this at my blog for Nye Noona readers. I love watching Lao traditional dance performance, at the moment, I feel like I should have captured the dance in video. This is a great way for [...]

Continued from: Wat Lao Buddhavong July 4th, 2008 Concert Part I Jonny Olsen and Anna-Anhly Vorarath
I also posted this at my blog for Nye Noona readers. There are many singers that I realized that I wouldn’t be able to post all, and they did an outstanding performance. I think this is Sommainoy Doungchaleun (please correct [...]

I also posted this at my blog for Nye Noona readers. As always, the celebration at Wat Lao Buddhavong of Catlett, VA was big, but I do have to say that not as many people showed up this year, I’m not sure if it’s because they changed the event to a Friday and Saturday [...]

The 29th Olympic Games will be coming to Beijing this August. I know China is a controversial place of choice for some people, especially with it’s take on human rights and the environment. But I think as China becomes more modernize and gain more knowledge (of the environment, social equality, etc), they will change for [...]

A documentary show on Lao travel. This episode is about Suan Vatthana Tham or the National Ethnic Culture Park, located on the opposite of the Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge in Vientiane.

A documentary show from Lao Star Channel with an episode about Buddha Park in Vientiane.

Many of thon huang pheung trees were in full bloom last month on the streets of Vientiane.

A short clip of Hare Pha Vet Sandone from a nearby village to Wat Phonsikhay. The parade is making an entrance to the gate of the temple.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with the slogan of USAID From the American People is “the government agency providing US economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.”
To view a complete listing of U.S. foreign assistance to various countries, you can visit the USAID website for public access to data on [...]

As as little kid in Laos I have never attended Pha Vet festival. My hometown in Nongbon didn’t host Boun Pha Vet as far as I could recall. I have heard the story of Pha Vet Sandone, told by my parents many times and about Hare Pha Vet Sandone. To hear my Grand-Mama on the [...]