Lao Voices

A wedding at a hotel in Pakse with music, loads of food and what else but Beer Lao.

I think love happens and many times, it’s not within the same racial group, interracial marriage is becoming popular in this day and age as most of us are living in a melting pot society. A westerner recently asked me about a Chinese traditional wedding, not so much of the tradition itself, but more so [...]

The financial means of the bride and groom’s families determine the wedding guest list and the type of food that will be served at a reception. You can buy a menu ranging from 70,000 Kip to 100,000 Kip or more per person. A dinner reception would be a buffet style with food and drinks, sufficient [...]

Since today is Valentine’s Day I thought it would be fitting to share with you of some photos from a wedding in Vientiane on January 13, 2008. It is a trend in Vientiane to have a Baci ceremony at a bride’s home in the morning and then a reception in the evening, at a restaurant [...]

I think we all have our own definition as to what it means to be a true Laotian, and this one is from Karmadiva’s blog; if it doesn’t fit your definition please be kind and not too quickly to pass your judgment, rather please leave your comment as to what it means to you, I’m [...]

Part 2 of Lao Wedding at Ban Sisavath Vientiane. The wedding reception was at Hotel Cosmo and Restaurant. This is a very popular place for those hiso (Lao term for high society) people to have a big event hosted there.

Greeting the guests and photo time.

Video description: Lao Wedding at Ban Sisavath Vientiane.

First part of Lao Wedding in the morning at bride’s house.

There is a disease growing in the Lao community in the US and it is very contagious. I want to know the answers to this disease of forgetting your loved ones. It bothers me to know there are people out there who are living the “American Dream” and forgot about their parents back home.
Even my [...]

This comes as a shock to me. An analysis of online and speed dating revealed that while women might not focus too much on look, they have preference on height. Shorter men can make up on their vertical challenge with income.
Just as Darwin could have predicted, the researchers have found that women are pickier [...]