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End of Buddhist Lent and Boun Heua Fai in Luang Prabang Laos
People in Laos light candles and incense on the past Tuesday night to mark the end of Buddhist Lent or Ok Punsa.
Below are videos by tgoodwin of the celebration of the end of Buddhist Lent in Luang Prabang Laos, the clip below is of the past Tuesday, October 14, 2008 showing a display of heua [...]
The Face of Laotians (Americans) Are Changing
Sometimes it takes the lost of our loved ones to appreciate living. As for me I always appreciate life, but not as much as now, I’m one of the Laotians that lost our loved ones, as for me it was my mom, it has been almost 2 years since she passed away. Yesterday, I attended [...]
IndoChina an musical impression
Indochina is a region in Southeast Asia. It lies roughly east of India, south of China. This video is an impression of Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia, these are countries that are a part of Indochina.
Water Buffalo is an Alternative Solution for Many Farmers
I’ve been thinking about the rise in gas price lately and thought about farmers that have to rely on steel buffaloes to plow the rice paddy, I’m wondering if it’s cost effective this way. This might be time to bring back our trusted friend, the water buffalo.
When we first moved to Thailand, our family became [...]
Clearing the Land
The rice harvest is finally over for my neighbor, and what’s left are the rice stalks. They started cutting them down on Monday of this week, clearing the land of one rice paddy, and they still have two more paddies to go. I’m not sure what his plan is for the rice straw. In some [...]
An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
One of my favorite apples is the Fuji apple. According to Wikipedia, Fuji apple is an apple cultivar developed by growers at the Tohoku Research Station in Fujisaki, Aomori, Japan in the late 1930s and brought to market in 1962. It is a cross between two American apple varieties, the Red Delicious and old Virginia [...]
Laos Trip 2008
I plan to visit Laos in the near future and have been reading Boon Vong’s blog, a Lao artist/photographer who had recently visited Laos. He kept an interesting journal during his stay, and his photos are beautiful, he has captured the people and countryside well. Below is an interesting but yet disturbing prospective, [...]
Follow the (Dress) Code
The spread of the western culture to an undeveloped countries can be a good or bad thing depending from which perspective you’re looking at. Most accept the western culture with open arms but there are some that still try to preserve the culture and old age tradition, old ways of doing things, but they seem [...]
Project New Dawn Laos - YEP Muang Kham Village, Luang Prabang, Lao P.D.R
Youth Expedition Project done in Muang Kham Village, Luang Prabang, Lao P.D.R in May 2008. Project Video for NYC report.
Buddhist Monk Garden
I had a chance to visit my local Wat (temple) again yesterday, and my favorite place is the garden. This portion of the garden is in the back, and this temple has 3 gardens, one in front of Gouti (living quarter for monks) that is an herbal garden, another one near the Sala Houng Tum [...]
Rice Paddy Harvest, Grain and Post-Harvest
Nicole Theriault-Bootsabah
I also posted this at my blog for Nye Noona readers. I noticed that they had harvested most of the front (first) rice paddy yesterday, and currently working on the second (middle section) rice paddy. There is something about people working in the rice paddy that gives me that nostalgic feeling, and the [...]
Water Buffalo Reminds Us of Who We Once Were
I recently visited a friend and they have this inside their home. It’s one of the most beautiful water buffalo sculpture that I’ve ever seen. It’s about 30 inches tall, and he said that he has the burden to carry it around, they’ve moved 3 times and can’t get rid of it.
It belongs to his [...]
Manhattan New York
This concludes my NYC trip, I posted this at my blog for one of my readers that is interested in moving to the Big Apple and hope this will help any of you as well.
NYC was the first State that we lived, we were sponsored by a Chinese Christian Church, and here I am still [...]
Thot Phapa
Lumvong Pa by Alexandra Bounxouei
On Sunday, we had Phapa Presentation or Pakaprak Day at our local Wat (temple) that I attended. It is the day of presentation the forest robe to the monks, and giving donation to support the temple. I heard of the term before, but was confused with Thot Kathin Ceremony, which is [...]
Living Up
Chow Ban (The villagers) by Jae Danupol Kaewkarn
When I visited my youngest sister last Saturday, I was surprised of the changes in her area. She lives in Fresh Meadows, Queens, New York, and there is a large population of Asian, such as Korean, Chinese, and some Vietnamese. Most of the houses are somewhat [...]
