This festival celebrates the end of the monsoon season. Every November in Nyaung U, thousands participate in this festival that features a country fair and a traditional religious ceremony. Tourists can dress like a local by donning the longyi sold by vendors who would come in with ox-carts. The market is always bustling with activity […]
Festival Ninh Binh 2024 with the theme “Heritage Flows” will take place in mid-November. Tourists and festival goers will have opportunities to enjoy traditional art performances, explore new tour itineraries, tourist products, unique cuisines,... featuring long-standing history and heritage treasure of the ancient capital of Hoa Lu, Ninh Binh. Source: Viet Nam National Authority of […]
In early December, the Khmer living in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam stage a lively festival known as Oóc Om Bóc. Celebrated in Sóc Trăng province, where Khmer culture is everywhere, this festival offers an incredible glimpse into Vietnam’s diversity. Look out for activities thanking the moon god for the year’s harvest, as well as […]
Imagine a public feast with tables extending over a street! You are in for such a treat during Hani people's Shiyuenian, or the 10th Lunar Month Festival, which starts on the first "dragon day" of the month. For this ethnic group living on Ailao Mountains (Ailao Shan), it's a post-harvest public carnival to be proudly […]
This celebrates the 1975 victory of the proletariat over the monarchy with parades, speeches, etc. Lao National and communist hammer and sickle flags are flown all over the country. Celebration is mandatory, hence poorer communities postpone some of the traditional Ok Phansa activities-usually practiced roughly a month earlier-until National Day, thus saving themselves considerable expense.
Celebrated every December, this festival represents the ancient Buddhist excursion in North Okkalapa Township near Yangon. Monks recite prayers for 24 hours at this festival. In the morning, devotees would walk around the central part of the pagoda clockwise as part of a merit-making ritual. The locals believe that they will receive good luck by […]
December 10th is Constitution Day in Thailand, a day to remember the adoption of the country’s first permanent constitution in 1932. As the holiday is proximate to King’s Birthday on December 5th, many people take a few works days off to create a long break during this time. It is a time to relax, recuperate, and […]
The ritual ceremony is performed annually at the Pha That Ing Hang (Ing Hang Stupa), one of the most sacred stupas in Savannakhet Province and in Central Lao. In December […]
This is the most important festival for Lisu people, something like their New Year, and tradition dictates that the exact date of this festival each year must meet a series of phenological conditions(including when the cherry trees bloom), therefore varies among different villages -though since 1990, December 20th has been decided on as the official […]
December 23 - December 26 Cherry Blossoms festival will be held between 23-26 December 2022 in Xam Neua and Vieng Xay Districts, Xam Neua Province. Activities in the festival are included: The annual contest of Miss Dok Khai Pa Singers contest Local products fair Planting Dok Khai Pa (Cherry blossom) ceremony Visit the cherry blossoms at the […]
Homesick around Christmas? Make your way to the far northwestern reaches of Yunnan, to the villages along the Nu and Lancang Rivers, where an unexpected Christmas tradition prevails, the result of historical missionary activity in the area. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, European missionaries made their way through the plunging valleys and over […]
People of Mon celebrate the light festival at the Kyaik-hti-yo Golden Rocks Pagoda in Mon State in December. During this festival, the pagoda is decorated with 9,000 candles and 9,000 flowers given by the locals. The candles light up the pagoda, offering a beautiful sight to the locals and tourists. The following morning of the […]
