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Lao New Year is widely celebrated festival in Laos. [1] The festival is also celebrated by the Lao in Australia, Canada, France, the UK and the US. [2] Lao New Year takes place in April, the hottest time of the year in Laos, which is also the start of the monsoon season. Lao New Year takes place at virtually the same time as the new year ...
A major New Year’s food tradition in the American South, Hoppin’ John is a dish of pork-flavored field peas or black-eyed peas (symbolizing coins) and rice, frequently served with collards or ...
Lao New Year: Boun Pi Mai: Celebrated for 3 days, this is the most important celebration of the year. Throwing buckets of water to passersby. The best festival is the Luang Prabang festivities, which include a procession, a fair, a sand-castle competition on the Mekong, a Miss New Year pageant, folk performances, and cultural shows. Mid May ...
On New Year’s Eve, residents will cut apples in half and the shape inside denotes what one can expect in the coming year. For instance, while a star is good, a cross can foretell a future ...
From the Times Square ball drop to hanging onions, here are some of the ways different countries welcome the new year.
Chinese New Year/Tết; Hmong New Year; International Labor Day; Lai Heua Fai; Lao Children's Day; Lao Elephant Festival; Lao Independence Day; Lao Issara Day; Lao New Day; Lao Women's Day; Pi Mai Lao; Ok Phansa; Pathet Lao Day; That In Hang Festival; Vixakha Bouxa
It is these New Year family traditions that are one of humanity's oldest rites, dating back to ancient civilizations. The Babylonians held one of the first recorded New Year festivities some 4,000 ...
1 January – New Year's Day; 20 January – Armed Forces Day; 10 February – Vietnamese New Year; 8 March – International Women's Day; 13–16 April – Lao New Year; 1 May – Labour Day; 5 May – Visakha Bucha Day; 24 July – Boun Khao Phansa; 15 October – Boun Suang Huea; 5 November – That Luang Festival; 2 December – Lao ...