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  • Sikhottabong Stupa Festival in Khammouane Province, Lao PDR

    Sikhottabong Stupa festival is held annually during the full moon in February and it is celebrated over several days. People of north eastern Thailand, Nakhorn Phnom, and nearby provinces come and gather for stupa worshipping and entertainment. During the festival, there are religious activities along with a local trade fair and performances held around the […]

  • Boun Visakhaboucha, Lao PDR

    Celebrated on the full moon of the sixth month in the Buddhist calendar, Boun Visakhaboucha marks the Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death. Devout Buddhists will rise early to make merit at temples. In some temples, Buddhists will perform Wien Tien (Candlelight procession) in the evening, which includes carrying candles, incense and lotus flowers and […]

  • Boun Khao Padabdin (Rice Growing Festival), Lao PDR

    Laos Nationwide, Lao People's Democratic Republic

    Boun Hor Khao Padabdin (the literal translation is decorate (padab) dirt\earth (din))starts in the middle of the rainy season. This festival is held in commemoration of dead ancestors. Over two days, Buddhist devotees flock to the Vats (temples) carrying strays of offerings for monks and deceased ancestor. Music is traditionally performed in the grounds of […]

  • Boat Racing Festival in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR

    Luang Prabang Province Luang Prabang, Lao People's Democratic Republic

    At the Khao Padabdin ceremony day, people visit local temples to make offerings to dead ancestors as well as to share merit-making. This festival includes boat racing on the Nam Khan River and a trade fair in Luang Prabang World Heritage town.

  • Boun Khao Salak Ancestor Festival, Lao PDR

    Lao PDR Nationwide

    This festival occurs during the 10th full moon of the lunar calendar. The purpose of the festival is to obtain merit by providing offerings to dead ancestors. The offerings to the dead are passed to monks during the morning ceremony at the temple, just after almsgiving. A basket is filled with food and daily amenities […]

  • Naga Rocket in Bolikhamxay Province, Lao PDR

    Bolikhamxay Bolikhamxay, Lao People's Democratic Republic

    The fireballs coming out from the water’s surface can be seen once a year on the last night of the Lao Buddhist Lent. The Naga Rockets can be spotted where the Nam Ngum and the Mekong river meet in Thaprabath District, Bolikhamxay Province, as well as in Pak Ngum District, 60 kilometers east of Vientiane […]

  • Boun Ok Phansa Festival, Lao PDR

    Lao PDR Nationwide

    Boun Ok Phansa (Candlelight Festival) This festival marks the end of Buddhist Lent, a period during which monks observe three months of fasting and seclusion. People visit local temples to make offerings and receive blessings. In Luang Prabang, a candlelight procession takes place in the evening, culminating at Wat Xieng Thong, where the candles are […]

  • Festival of the Boats of Light, Lao PDR

    Luang Prabang Luang Prabang, Lao People's Democratic Republic

    In Luang Prabang Province, locals mark the end of Buddhist Lent by paraded decorated boats through the town; at night they are launched onto the river and ceremoniously set on fire as offerings to spirits. The villages around the town build their own big boat for the spectacle, competing annually to create the most beautiful […]

  • Buddhist Scriptures (Hor Thri Pidok) Ceremony in Salavanh Province, Lao PDR

    Built over 200-years ago, bombers destroyed the original Simongkhoun Temple on the Xe Don River in 1972. Remnants of this temple and its stupa can still be seen in the town’s northeast, though vines and shrubs try to hide it. Novice monks sometimes rest in the temple’s sala on the river bank near the warehouse […]