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05-08 February
Sikhottabong Festival
 This
religious festival is held at Sikhottabong stupa,
located about 6 km south of Thakhek. Historically,
it was built in the 8th and 10th centuries by
King Nanthasene. Then the stupa was restored as
its original design in the 1950's.
05-08 February Wat Phu Festival (Champasak)
 Wat
phu festival is annually held in the full moon
of the 3rd month of lunar calendar,on the grounds
of the enchanting pre-Angkorian.Wat Phu remains
in Champasak. Festivities are elephants racing,
buffaloes fighting,cocks fighting and performances
of Lao traditional music and dance.The trade fair
showcasing the products from the southern province
of Laos,Thailand,Cambodia and Vietnam is also
held
13-16 April Lao New Year (Vientiane)
 Lao
New Year,Pi Mai Lao, usually performed on April
13-15, or lunar new year, is the time when the
entire country celebrates;citizens remove Buddha
images from the temples to clean with scented
water,then take to the streets to dowse one another
with this water,an act of clean and purification
in anticipation of the end of the dry season
13-16 April Lao New Year (Luang Prabang)
 In
Luangprabang, the new year celebration is especially
beautified amd the most colorful parade describing
the traditional Lao costumes,music and dance,
the procession of the sacred Prabang Buddha image,
and the Miss New Year beauty contest will be shown.
17-18 August Boat Racing Festival (Luangprabang)
 This
festival includes boat racing on the NamKhane
River and a trade fair in Luangprabang city. At
the Khao Salak ceremony day, people visit local
temples to make offering to the dead as well to
share merits making
02 September Boat Racing Festival (Khammouan)
Boat Racing is held in Sebangfai river. At the
same occasion a trade fair of agricultural products,
local handicrafts, traditional Lao music and dance
performance; at the same time, citizens donate
the offering to the dead in to share merits.
02-03 October Boat Racing Festival (Vientiane)
 In
Vientiane, the water festival held during k Pansa
is spectacular; on the first day at dawn, donations
and offerings are made at temples around the city;
in the evening, candlelight processions are held
around the temples and hundred of colorful flosta
decoated with flower; incense and candle are set
adrift down the Mekong river in thanksgiving to
the river spirit; the next day, a popular and
exciting boat racing competition is held on the
Mekong.
26-31 OctoberThat Luang Festival and Trade
Fair (Vientiane)
 This
religious festival is held in and around That
Luang stupa, the national sysmbol of Laos, where
hundreds of monks gather to accept alms and floral
votives from the people; the festival includes
a grand fireworks display at night and an international
trade fair, showcasing tourism in Laos and other
countries in ASEAN and the Great Mekong Sub region,will
take place during the day
24-29 December That Inhang Festival (Savannakhet)
 This
festival will ce held on the grounds of the splendid
That Inhang stupa, located just outside the city
of Savannkakhet; an international trade fair will
include exhibitions of tourism products from Laos,
Thailand and Vietnam and performance of traditional
Lao, Thai and Vietnamese music and dance; the
fair will also include a sports competition, complete
with foorball, boxing and tennis matchs and local
traditions like a drumming competition. |
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