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Boun That Muang Khao in Thakek, Khammouane, Laos.

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Lao new year celebration in Las Vegas, USA.

Lao New Year 2008(Pi Mai Lao) in Vientiane, Laos Photos by Yasuo_N at Flickr.

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Residents and tourists in Vientiane joyfully welcomed the New Year during three days of celebrations from April 13-15.
City roadsides were transformed into music stages as people held parties in front of their houses.
Most of them were teenagers who danced on benches and tables and there were also girls dancing on pick-up trucks driving on main [...]

Lao New Year 2008 celebration at Wat Lao Samakhitham in Binghamton, New York. The event took place on April 12, 2008.

Additional news coverage of the legal battle over Wat Lao Buddharam in North Carolina. One thing that was not mentioned in the video is the next hearing on April 24, 2008 at MECKLENBURG COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT. See case #49 with LAOTIAN CULTURE CENTER OF NC -VS- WAT LAO BUDDHARAM.
A background of Wat Lao Buddharam [...]

Founders of West Charlotte Buddhist Temple Want Monks To Leave
When you think about Buddhist monks and temples there’s a serenity that naturally comes to mind. But in Charlotte at the Laotian Cultural Center there is an angry battle brewing between those who founded it and the monks they say refuse to leave.
The colorful compound off [...]

Wattay was going through a renovation when I was in Vientiane last year. Now the major work is over and the local residents are very happy with their beautiful temple. On February 21, 2008, the faithfuls gathered to make merit on this special day.

Luang Prabang provincial tourism officials have arranged extra accommodation for more than 100 visitors to meet the high demand during Pi Mai Lao (Lao New Year), said a senior official yesterday.
The Deputy Head of the Luang Prabang Provincial Tourism Department, Mr Khamtan Somphanvilay, told Vientiane Times yesterday that authorities decided to set up the department [...]

In temples throughout Vientiane, monks are finalising preparations to welcome thousands of local and foreign visitors, who will come to worship Buddha images and receive blessings during the three days of Pi Mai Lao (Lao New Year).
In more than 100 temples they are arranging altars, preparing cotton strings to tie around devotees’ wrists and [...]

The celebration of Boun Ok Phansa, the end of Buddhist lent in Sayabouri, Laos.