Pimai Lao/Lao New Year, Lao PDR
Luang Prabang Luang Prabang, Lao People's Democratic RepublicThe three-day Lao New Year is a purification festival, during which the Buddhist images in the household and the temples are ritually cleaned with sacred water. On the streets, locals engage in the usual Pimai antics—Soo Kwan (tying cotton strings around people’s wrists), water splashing, and sand stupa building. You’ll also find processions of people …