LUANG PRABANG, LAOS – One of the most colorful festivals in Southeast Asia takes place each fall at the October full moon.
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Boun Awk Phansa, the Candlelight Parade (video)
Boun Awk Phansa in Luang Prabang, Laos (video)
LUANG PRABANG, LAOS – Each fall, at the October full moon, the Lao people celebrate Boun Awk Phansa.
The festival marks the end of the three months of Buddhist Lent, a period of meditation, learning and retreat during the height of the rainy season.
Sometimes referred to as the Festival of Lights, the boun (or festival) is held on the 15th day of the 11th month of the lunar calendar.
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A Monk’s Life in Laos (Watch the video)
LUANG PRABANG, LAOS – If you’ve spent any time living or traveling around Southeast Asia, you’ve no doubt seen them. With their shaved heads and brilliant orange robes, they always stand out from the crowd.
I’m talking, of course, about the Buddhist monks in their colorful saffron robes.
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It’s rice harvest time in northern Laos (new video)
XIENG KHOUANG, LAOS – It’s Fall in northern Laos, time to harvest the annual rice crop.
Laos’ beautiful mountainous countryside is filled with terraced rice fields, forming a patchwork mosaic of colorful polygons as far as the eye can see.
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