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What a small world it is. I found a video by one of the youtubers of Boun Pha Vet at Ban Phonsikhay by accident.

The last set of photos from Boun Phavet at Ban Phonsikhay in Pakse, Champassak province. The celebration for 2008 was a big success and the villagers are looking foward to next year’s event.

More photos from Boun Pha Vet at Ban Phonsikhay in Pakse, Champassak province.

Another set of photos from Boun Pha Vet at Ban Phonsikhay in Pakse, Champassak province. The parade is half way to Vat Phonsikhay.

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.

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 [...]

This year, the Pha Vet festival is bigger and better with a larger parade and more people participating. Since I sent a camera to my cousin Mo last year, he has been taking photos around the temple a few times. His photo taking activities didn’t go un-notice under the eyes of the senior Monks.
On the [...]

Boun Pha Vet at Ban Phonsikhay in Muang Pakse is celebrated once a year. The festival takes two day and involves the entire community as well as neighboring villages. The event starts at Wat Phonsikhay with a parade (Hare Pha Vet Sandone) and a Baci ceremony later.
The highlight of Boun Pha Vet is the recital [...]

Here are some short video clips of the naming ceremony at Ban Phonsikhay as Lao cultural village of Pakse, Champassak Province.

Additional photos from the naming ceremony of Phonsikhay as Lao cultural village of Pakse, Champassak Province.

Ban Phonsikhay, home to one of our book box library has been named a cultural village of Pakse or Ban Wattanatham. There are several crierias that a village must met before being given a certificate of recoginition. The ceremony took place on the school ground and was covered by Lao National Television. Below are photos [...]

Many villages in Champassak Province would celebrate Boun Ban or Village Festival on an annual basis if they could. When they is a village festival, the people would make khao phoon and would feed anyone that would make a visit to a home. Usually when one village will have a boun and then the next [...]