Lao Voices

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 [...]

The celebration of Pi Mai Lao by the Lao community in San Diego California.

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 [...]

Don Chan and Nongda islands will be two main areas of Vientiane where residents can enjoy Lao New Year celebrations, according to Vientiane Police Headquarters Chief Colonel Sihoun Sithiluexay.
Colonel Sihoun said sport, water games and entertainment would be provided at the two sites during the traditional water festival.
“Today, Don Chan island is opening for sporting [...]