International Women’s Day, March 8th, is a big holiday here in Laos. It’s one of my favorite holidays as well, and I don’t know why it’s barely even mentioned in the USA.
Firstly, all throughout the week women are encouraged to take time off work to see a doctor for a yearly health check-up. This [...]
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happy international women’s day!
Posted in culture, tagged beerlao, celebration, central library, dancing, drinking, international women's day, lao dancing, laos, vientiane, women on Saturday, 14 March, 2009 | 2 Comments »
weekend of celebration!
Posted in culture, livin', tagged beer, beerlao, celebration, chinese new years, drinking lao style, laos, pubao, vientiane on Wednesday, 4 February, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Saturday I went to a Bascii ceremony for the wife of one of the people I work with at the library. She got a visa to go to America, and is moving to Rockford, IL for a year. So, they had a big celebration at their house. I missed the ceremony part, because I [...]
teacher’s day celebration at the central library
Posted in culture, livin', work, tagged beerlao, central library, rainbow, teacher's day on Friday, 10 October, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, Tuesday October 7th, was National Teacher’s Day. This means that all the public schools and university was closed. On Monday, right after lunch, Mrs Bounsalome came into my office and said “The director has gone to the city for the a meeting all afternoon. We want to have a celebration for teacher’s day. We [...]
vientiane times
Posted in culture, eatin', livin', tagged beerlao, central library, ceremony, food, monks on Wednesday, 27 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Things have been pretty calm an quiet here in Vientiane.
Last weekend I went to a party at Mr. Seethong’s house, one of the people I work with at the Central Library.
I arrived around 11:30 am, and Mr. Seethong had explained to me that he had invited some monkes over to give them alms and then [...]
