It’s the end of Buddhist Lent! That means a huge party in the streets of Vientiane.
In preparation for the Boat Racing Festival, the street along the Mekong has been filled with stalls and a carnival for weeks. The music has been blaring non-stop, the traffic is unmanageable, and there are people everywhere.
On Tuesday night, all [...]
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boat racing festival
Posted in culture, tagged boat racing festival, buddhism, mekong, vientiane on Friday, 17 October, 2008 | Comments Off
lao funeral
Posted in culture, tagged buddhism, funeral, laos, monks on Thursday, 16 October, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I went to a funeral for the aunt-in-law of a lady I work with last week. It was pretty interesting. The women who died’s children all live in the USA so they spared no expense for this funeral.
After listening to some monks chant for a few hours, finally they placed this kind of stupa-shaped thing, [...]
more buddhist stuff
Posted in culture, work, tagged buddhism, cellphones, gambling, laos, monks, wats on Wednesday, 27 August, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the ladies I work with’s brother-in-law died on Monday morning. So, I went with Mr. Somephone to the temple to visit her and her husband Monday afternoon. This is a rough account of that experience which I found a little surreal:
Firstly, there were a total of about 20 people seated in various places [...]
