Water Throwing Festival

Sand stupas

Cleansing and blessing Buddha statues

Celebration of one's parents

Happy Lao New Year 2567 to everyone!

Image: The sacred Buddha statue of Luangprabang that is brought out to the public during Lao New Year celebrations.  This is a part of the Lao New Year tradition of cleansing and blessing of Buddha statues called song pa.

Saeng's selection of 5 Lao dishes

This is when Saeng did a video for Buzzfeed's Bring Me food channel back in 2020 talking about his selection of five Lao dishes.  Have a look.

Source:  Bring Me (via Youtube, 2020)

The coffee chain taking over Laos

By:  Laoconnection.com, March 1, 2024

If you've visited Laos before you've probably seen and likely visited this store before.