Colors of Lao New Year in Luang Prabang 2008 (Live)

Date: Apr 15, 2008

Colors of Lao New Year in Luang Prabang 2008 (Live)

SeeHarHed · Guru

thanks for sharing all those pictures. i wish i was there in LPB..

Date: Apr 15, 2008

this new years looks really cool, but i have a couple things to say and ask:

1. what is that powder stuff they always throw around on new years i always see it but i never participated in the powder fights. is that baby powder ???
2. man i see more n more whities but its not a bad thing that their also enjoying our culture but i hope it doesnt ruin anything like our authenticity in luang prabang.
3. isnt that the praya goot?? that shes riding on in the last pictures isnt that a thai symbol??? just wondering

thanks for sharing the pictures

happy lao new years

Lan_Xang · Guru

Must be a powder.

Back in the "old days" we use the ki bin mor (the black smoke on the bottom of the pot) to wipe it on people face. I think that was messy so now it is baby powder and shavingcream.

SeeHarHed · Guru

Anonymous wrote:

3. isnt that the praya goot?? that shes riding on in the last pictures isnt that a thai symbol??? just wondering

thanks for sharing the pictures

happy lao new years

i'm not so sure either... is that a bird?? they usually have the animal represent that year.. when i was in Luang Prabang few years back, they had the pea**** and water buffalo.. the winner of nang sung karn get to ride it and runner up are sitting below.

Luang Prabang is the place to be for lao new year.!!

Date: Apr 15, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

1. what is that powder stuff they always throw around on new years i always see it but i never participated in the powder fights. is that baby powder ???

NO THEY DIN'T USE BABY POWER . THEY USE TAPIOCA STARCH POWER [LIKE P AINT SINGAPORE ]

Date: Apr 17, 2008

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ຄົນທີ່ສາມ !

ຄຸດບໍ່ໄດ້ມີຢູ່ແຕ່ໄທເທົ່ານັ້ນ ຢູ່ລາວ ແລະ ກຳປູເຈຍກະມີ
ຄຸດແມ່ນຕົວລະຄອນຫນຶ່ງ ໃນເລື້ອງພະລັກພະລາມ ເຂິ່ງໄດ້ຂຽນຂຶ້ນເປັນ
ເວລາສອງຮ້ອຍກວ່າປີກ່ອນຄິດຕະການ ຢູ່ປະເທດອິນເດຍ ແລະ ໄດ້ເຂົ້າ
ມາສູ່ອານາຈັກລ້ານຊ້າງ ໃນສະໄຫມພະເຈົ້າຟ້າງຸ່ມ.

ສະນັ້ນເຈົ້າຈົ່ງເຂົ້າໃຈທີ່ໄປທີ່ມາຂອງຄຸດ ເຈົ້າອາດຈະເຄີຍເຫັນ ຢູ່ໃນສັນຍາລັກທາງການ
ຂອງໄທ ເພາະໄທເຂົາເຈົ້ານິຍົມ ໃຊ້ສັດ ແລະ ເທບພະເຈົ້າໃນວັນນະຄະດີເປັນສັນຍາລັກ
ລາວເຮົາກະມີ ແຕ່ປະຈຸບັນບໍ່ຄ່ອຍໃຊ້, ຄົນລຸ້ນໃຫມ່ເລີຍບໍ່ຮູ້ຈັກ.

Date: Apr 17, 2008

Date: Apr 17, 2008

http://www.laosite.com/php/liste_echantillons_album.php?type=laos&ordre=19&nom_club=laos

ເບິ່ງຮູບແຕ້ມຂອງບັນດາສັດ ແລະ ເທບພະເຈົ້າໃນວັນນະຄະດີລາວ.

Date: Apr 17, 2008

the animal that Nang Sangkan rides on will tell you what day of the week Pi Mai Lao falls on for that year.

Pi Mai Lao fell on a Sunday this year, so the daughter (Nang Sangkan) of Pha Phom who is supposed to carry her father's head in the parade is Toungsa, & her 'vehicle' is the garuda, a half-man half-bird from Hindu mythology. used as a symbol not only in Thailand, but also in Indonesia (e.g. Garuda Airlines), India, Mongolia & even in Japanese Buddhism. more on the water buffalo & other animals here:
http://laomeow.blogspot.com/2008/04/daughters-of-pha-phom.html

hope this explanation will prevent this discussion from degenerating into yet another pointless Lao-bash-Thai session ;)

people in LPB still use the black soot from the bottom of cooking pots & pans that Lan Xang mentioned.

- a non-Thai non-Lao

Date: Apr 17, 2008

Indonesia also worships the Karuda or Krut that is why Indonesia names its national airlines as Karuda Airlines.

Date: Apr 17, 2008

Does this bird have a scietific name?

Date: Apr 17, 2008

no scientific name, it is a half-human half-bird mythical being, not a real biological species.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda

Date: Apr 17, 2008

More photos : http://www.luangprabang2day.com/