Water purified for drinking purposes is simply called nam deum (drinking water), whether it is boiled or filtered. All water offered to customers in restaurants or hotels will be purified, so one...
Boun Pi mai is the most joinfull festival. People whish each other with water in the sense of wash away bad luck and get good luck good life in anticipation new year. Luangprbang is the most...
As in other South-East Asian cultures, music in
Laos can be divided into classical and folk traditions. The classical music
is the least interesting, simply because it is so imitative of...
Traditionally, the rocket festival is the sixth Lunar month ceremony that Lao people have conducted for many generation(s). It is the important symbol of unity and friendship used to fight...
Symbol of the Lao nation and the pride of the Lao people, the That Luang stupa has stood in its present form since the middle of the sixteenth century. Containing relies of the lord Buddha and the...
Since the revolution, the arts have been under state patronage and direction. In the 1990s, some writers began to publish stories in Thailand for money, but publication inside Laos requires state...
Laos is one of the least urbanized countries in Southeast Asia. Vientiane has around 500,000 people, many in rural districts. Savannakhet and Pakse are the next most important cities, while Luang...
