Pi Mai Lao (Lao New Year)
Sacred water cleansing, Prabang Buddha bathing, grand street processions, and sand stupas on the Mekong banks.
Lao Cultural Heritage
Time your travels around revered Buddhist dates, vibrant water blessings, rocket festivals and lantern boat parades across Laos.
Annual Cultural Calendar
Sacred water cleansing, Prabang Buddha bathing, grand street processions, and sand stupas on the Mekong banks.
Wax castle procession, almsgiving by thousands of monks, candlelit circumambulation, and grand fireworks.
Thousands of illuminated bamboo boats released onto the Mekong, temple lantern displays, and exhilarating boat races.
Ancient Khmer temple pilgrimage, traditional music, elephant blessings, and candlelit mountain processions.
Predawn food offerings for ancestors, vibrant markets, and traditional longboat races along the Nam Khan River.
Massive homemade bamboo rocket launches to summon monsoon rains, vibrant folk dancing, and joyous village festivities.