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Project Kajsiab – Helping Women and Children in Bokeo Province Laos

Posted: March 31, 2021

Kajsiab Family Project Initiative helping mountain village people in Bokeo Province, Laos COVID-19 Update – March 2021 Let us all remember:“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” For now, all self-sustainability activities at our project are closed. We have no income to feed 46 people at Kajsiab

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Category: Culture, People, Projects, Travel

Tags: Charity, Community, Culture, Hmong, Home stay, Learning, Luang Prabang, Project, Restaurant, Traditions, Travel, Volunteer

Traditional Storytelling in Luang Prabang

By David Allan

Posted: June 14, 2019

Garavek is a small theatre based in Luang Prabang, promoting and preserving local traditional myths, legends, and folktales. Every evening, from 6.30-7.30pm, they present a selection of traditional Lao stories (in English) in an intimate thirty seat theatre.

Category: Culture, People, Projects, Religion

Tags: Activities, Culture, Laos, Luang Prabang, Mekong, Traditions

King of Thailand’s Funeral Ceremony: Advice for Tourists Oct 2017

By David Allan

Posted: October 4, 2017

Thailand is building up to what will be a historic period with final preparations under way for the funeral of the late King. The Royal Cremation Ceremony will be held in Bangkok from October 25-29. It will be a sad time for Thai people, but the country will remain as welcoming as ever for tourists

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Category: People

Tags: Community, Holiday, Traditions

Weaving Classes in Luang Prabang

By Markus

Posted: October 4, 2016

Weaving in Luang Prabang & Textiles in Luang Prabang Join us and enjoy some of the finest handicraft experiences in Luang Prabang, Laos. Living Craft Center is offering weaving presentations, weaving courses, natural dyes, Lao batic and more… Visit the Living Crafts Center, an interactive weaving center in Luang Prabang, and learn about silk

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Category: All, Culture, Featured, Nature

Tags: Activities, Culture, Green Season, Learning, Luang Prabang, Traditions

Seeds of Culture – From Living Plants to Handicrafts at TAEC Luang Prabang

By Markus

Posted: September 22, 2016

Traditional Arts and Ethnology Center Luang Prabang, TAEC, announces internationally curated exhibition “Seeds of Culture: From Living Plants to Handicrafts” The Luang Prabang based Traditional Arts & Ethnology Centre (TAEC) has opened a new exhibit entitled, “Seeds of Culture: From Living Plants to Handicrafts”. This exhibit features the Job’s tears (Coix) plant, indigenous to

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Category: All, Culture, Interviews, People, Projects

Tags: Community, Culture, Laos, Learning, Project, Traditions

Boat Racing Festival in Luang Prabang

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By Kyle Wagner

Posted: August 27, 2015

The annual Boat Racing Festival is a widely celebrated event in Luang Prabang where long boats race one another down the Mekong River. It is also a celebration of the spiritual Nagas (dragons) that help protect the country.

Category: Culture, Festivals, Travel

Tags: Activities, Community, Culture, Eco Bungalow, Festivals, Laos, Luang Prabang, Tiger Trail, Traditions, Travel

Hmong New Year | A Celebration of Colors

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By Kyle Wagner

Posted: December 30, 2014

Hmong women in Phonsavan | Photograph by Cyril Eberle This is a remarkable story about the third largest ethnic group in Laos — the Hmong people — celebrating their biggest festival of the year. This colorful event showcases the fascinating culture and history of this group of people expressing their unique identity. Phonsavan market and

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Category: Culture, Festivals, People

Tags: Activities, Community, Culture, Eco Bungalow, Fair Trek, Festivals, Hmong, Laos, Luang Prabang, Traditions

Silk Dyeing 101 at Ock Pop Tok

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By Kyle Wagner

Posted: October 6, 2014

This past weekend I took a silk dyeing class at Ock Pop Tok’s Living Crafts Centre. The day was gorgeous, the sun was shining, and the skies were the brightest blue. As I walked into their cafe to wait until the class began, I was handed a complementary fruit tea. I was told that it was some snake

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Category: Culture, People

Tags: Activities, Culture, Laos, Learning, Luang Prabang, Mekong, Traditions

TAEC: Help Preserve Cultural Diversity!

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By Kyle Wagner

Posted: September 18, 2014

It was extremely hot and sunny during my first two weeks here in Luang Prabang, a rarity during the ‘rainy season’. For my first weekend, I decided to cool off from the mid-day sun and experience some cultural diversity by visiting the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre. While some may think that the TAEC is

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Category: Culture, People, Projects

Tags: Activities, Community, Culture, Fair Trek, Hmong, Laos, Learning, Luang Prabang, Project, Traditions

Rice is Life – Living Land Farm in Luang Prabang Laos

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By David Allan

Posted: September 3, 2014

Rice is Life Learning how to grow sticky rice at the Living Land Farm near Luang Prabang Living Land Farm The other morning I went to the Living Land Farm just outside of Luang Prabang to experience the Rice is Life program. It was fantastic! Our small group met with Mr. Laut Lee – a phenomenal farmer and

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Category: Food, Nature, Projects, Travel

Tags: Activities, Community, Food, Home stay, Lao food, Laos, Luang Prabang, Project, Tiger Trail, Tour, Traditions

Fly in Style, Lao sport planes meets Lao Silk

By Aaron

Posted: April 19, 2014

Lao Society Lifestyle Magazine Fashion & Planes in Laos Do you ever have the dream that you are flying; your stomach, heart, and mind intertwined in an aerial tango? Do you ever dream of Laos; the karst jagged limestone peaks giving way to the undulating terrain that caresses the Mekong River? Now

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Category: Adventures, Interviews, People

Tags: Culture, Laos, Learning, Traditions, Vientiane

Preparing for Lao New Year (Pi Mai Lao) in Luang Prabang

By David Allan

Posted: April 11, 2014

Experience the Lao New Year in Luang Prabang I arrived in Laos about a week ago to find the country buzzing with excitement for the upcoming Laos New Year – called Pi Mai Lao, Boun Pi Mai, the Water Festival, or Songkran, as it is known as in Thailand. Knowing very little about the

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Category: Culture, People, Religion, Travel

Tags: Buddhism, Culture, Festivals, Holiday, Laos, Luang Prabang, Traditions, Travel

HMONG NEW YEAR in Laos

By Aaron

Posted: April 5, 2014

The Lao Hmong New Year in Luang Prabang “Easy. Just follow the crowds in traditional dress,” instructs Jua, one of my Hmong friends, when I ask how to find the Hmong New Year celebrations in Luang Prabang, Laos. Turns out it really is that simple. One crisp Saturday morning in early December I crest

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Category: Culture, People, Religion

Tags: Culture, Festivals, Hmong, Laos, Luang Prabang, Traditions

Festival of the Fire Boats

By yoxa

Posted: November 1, 2013

Celebrate the end of Buddhist Lent! On the 20th of October there was Laos’ famous Festival of the Fire Boats or as they say in Lao Boun Lay Hua Fai. This festival marks the end of Buddhist Lent. For this festival, the villages around the area each make one large boat and decorate it with

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Category: Culture, People, Religion, Travel

Tags: Buddhism, Culture, Festivals, Traditions

A wedding in laos : cotton yarn and red rose

By yoxa

Posted: May 24, 2013

A wedding in Laos Cotton yarn and red rose Legend says that there is a heavenly garden where each individual has a tree whose branches kiss those of their soul mate. The lovers are predestined by Nene (karma of love) and when the time came the couple is sent to earth, their wrists bound with a

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Category: Culture, People, Religion

Tags: Buddhism, Culture, Laos, Traditions

Luang Prabangs Secrets Vol 1, Alms Giving

By yoxa

Posted: January 14, 2013

Luang Prabang Secrets Vol. 1, Alms Giving When you live and work in a place abroad, like Luang Prabang, you look at your new home with different eyes. You will easily find a different view on daily life and will fell different about what you like and dislike. Living abroad, especially in a place like

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Category: People, Religion, Travel

Tags: Buddhism, Culture, Luang Prabang, Traditions

Awk Phansaw Festival, it’s like Christmas and the America’s Cup all in one

By John

Posted: November 20, 2012

Lao Awk Phansaw Festival The Full Moon Festival of Lights Thousand lights, merit making, boat race, decorated temples, banana-leaf boats – see Laos changed! Also known as Ok Watsa (Awk Watsa), this festival celebrates the end of the Buddhist Lent (Vassa). Lent lasts three month during rainy season. Monks focus on meditation, reviving their

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Category: People, Religion

Tags: Activities, Buddhism, Community, Festivals, Holiday, Laos, Luang Prabang, Mekong, Traditions

The Lao Way of Blinking

By John

Posted: October 31, 2012

The Lao Way Of “Blinking” How Lao people make efficient use of their car lights… Part of driving safely is letting other motorists around you know your intentions, so they can predict what you will do. Using your turn signals is an efficient way of doing so. And it is not difficult. To signal

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Category: People

Tags: Culture, Expat Life, Traditions

Delicacies

By Michelle

Posted: August 25, 2012

It’s terrible to find oneself reaching for a second helping of dog… We took a two-hour, freezing cold boat ride from Luang Prabang to a Hmong village for Hmong New Year. When we finally arrived, our boat driver/guide took us to the house of the headman, who we were going to stay with. He’s got

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Category: Adventures, Food, People

Tags: Beer Lao, Food, Hmong, Holiday, Home stay, Traditions

Baci 101

By Markus

Posted: June 30, 2012

A Lao Baci Ceremony experience… You wear a sin, a Lao skirt. You wear a scarf or some piece of fabric over your left shoulder. There has to be a monk or a holy man. He prays generally, then specifically, then generally again. You eat food and drink Beer Lao. I wore my sin and

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Category: People, Religion

Tags: Beer Lao, Buddhism, Luang Prabang, Traditions

EXPLORE LAOS

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Project Kajsiab – Helping Women and Children in Bokeo Province Laos

Traditional Storytelling in Luang Prabang

King of Thailand’s Funeral Ceremony: Advice for Tourists Oct 2017

Weaving Classes in Luang Prabang

Seeds of Culture – From Living Plants to Handicrafts at TAEC Luang Prabang

Boat Racing Festival in Luang Prabang

Hmong New Year | A Celebration of Colors

Silk Dyeing 101 at Ock Pop Tok

TAEC: Help Preserve Cultural Diversity!

Rice is Life – Living Land Farm in Luang Prabang Laos

Fly in Style, Lao sport planes meets Lao Silk

Preparing for Lao New Year (Pi Mai Lao) in Luang Prabang

HMONG NEW YEAR in Laos

Festival of the Fire Boats

A wedding in laos : cotton yarn and red rose

Luang Prabangs Secrets Vol 1, Alms Giving

Awk Phansaw Festival, it’s like Christmas and the America’s Cup all in one

The Lao Way of Blinking

Delicacies

Baci 101