Laos

By: ZouaPa,

Emily, and Macy http://www.mapsofworld.com/laos/maps/laos-map.jpgy

Celebrations/Festivals

Have you ever wanted to go to Laos?

Maybe after this presentation you will

want to go just so you can see some

of their celebrations. Laos has a

number of public holidays each year.

One of their many celebrations is the

Boun Pimai. There is also one

celebration that is invite-only; it is

called the Baci Festival. In all, Laos

has many fun, and exciting

celebrations each year. http://news.searchcheapflights.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ThatLuangFestival.jpg

Laos has 15 public holidays that are

celebrated each year. One festival is

in July, marking the beginning of

Buddhist Lent. October has 2

festivals, one of them marks the end

of 3-month Buddhist Lent. There is 1

festival in March that is held in local

temples and is called the Harvest

Festival. They have 3 festivals in

January, 1 in February, 2 in March, 1

in April,2 in May, 1 in June, 1 in July,

1 in August, 2 in October, and 1 in

December. It turns out, Laos has

many public holidays that are similar

to the U.S.

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Laos has many important holidays,

and one is the Boun Pimai. The Boun

Pimai celebrates the New Year, and is

held in April. The new actually starts

in December, but they celebrate in

April because the days are longer. At

that festival, people that attend are

sprayed with water and buckets of

waterare dumped on them. Also,

traditional statues of Buddha are

ceremonially doused in water. It is

celebrated with traditional Lao folk,

singing, circle dancing, and is

usually a 3-day holiday. Thus, Boun

Pimai is a hugely celebrated holiday

in Laos.

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There is one celebration that can be

held at any time, it is called the Baci

Festival. The Baci Festival is held for

the birth of the baby, a new mother,

someone who just recovered from an

injury/illness, someone about to

leave on a long journey, or someone

just returning. At the Baci Festival

the guests enter, and sit in a circle

around a small shrine. Foods such as

boiled chicken, eggs, and cakes ring

the centerpiece. They even tie cotton

threads around the guests’ wrists to

symbolize the uniting of the souls of

the body. Generally speaking, the

Baci Festival is a wondrous festival to

attend. http://www.southeastasiabackpacker.com/wpsite/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/White-bracelets-around-wrist-

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Laos is a very good place to visit for

many occasions. They have many,

fun, public holidays that are fun to

attend. The Boun Pimai is a very

important holiday that a lot of people

go to. Laos, also, has a festival called

the Baci Festival that is private and

invite-only. In conclusion, Laos’

celebrations are a huge part of their

culture. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UugtgzrPeRs/TakzppqSmLI/AAAAAAAAAB4/xYqAqrJhvKQ/s1600/pii+mai.jpgof

Sports/Games

Have you ever wondered what kind of

games and sports people Lao play?

Well, now you’re going to find out.

Laos has many different types of

sports including volleyball, soccer,

boxing and field hockey. Children will

play with balls, dolls and make tracks

in the dust with toy cars just like

children everywhere do. Outside of

school, there are few organized

sporting actives for youths. The

sports and games that people in Laos

play are very interesting and sound

very fun.

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Laos has many different types of sports

including volleyball, soccer, boxing and

field hockey. Field hockey is the game

played with bamboo sticks and a ball made

of roots. Another popular game they play is

Ga to. Ga to be a game where three or

more people stand on each side of a net,

they have to keep a tightly wound ball of

rattan straw in the air, without using there

hands. Sometimes very limber player with

somersault and kick the ball up when they

flip. Laos has many games that kids and

adults can play.

This is some of Los field hockey sticks

made out of bamboo.

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sticks.jpg

Children will play balls, dolls and

make tracks in the dust with toy cars

like children everywhere do. Children

also like to jump rope. They usually

make their jump ropes out of loops

of rubber bands tied together.

Finished with work or school, the

young men and the children play

games. Overall, children and men in

Laos play the same games as us but

just change it or do it in a different

way.

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content/uploads/2011/06/Laos-rugby-federation-little-girl.jpg

Outside of school there or few

organized sporting events for youths.

Sports in Laos are undeveloped in

Laos do to the lack of facilities. The

sports are popular in Laos require

minimal equipment of facilities.

These include soccer, sepak Takraw,

martial arts and ball toss in tribal

areas. To conclude it hard for people

in Laos get supplies and a facility so

there so sports were very enveloped.

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Some types of games and sports

people in Laos play field hockey, Ga

to and play with toy cars in the dirt.

Laos has many different types of

games in sports like soccer,

volleyball, playing with dolls, and

playing with toys. The children will

play with toy cars and jump ropes

just like kids everywhere. Outside of

school there are few organized

sports for kids in Laos to play

because of the lack of facilities. In

conclusion the sports and games that

people in Laos are very interesting

and also sound very fun! http://ferenc.biz/pictures/kids-playing-

don-khong-island-laos.jpgnd

Fashion/Clothes

Do you ever wonder about what

people wear in Laos? Get ready

because you’re going to learn about

it. Hmong clothes are traditional

clothing in Laos. In Laos there are

unique Hmong clothing. The Hmong

clothes represent a subgroup. You

know, those beautiful Hmong

clothing was originally from Thailand

and Laos but now, it’s everywhere.

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Hmong Clothing is Traditional clothing

in Laos. Before 1975, when contact

between the Hmong in Laos and the

Hmong in other countries was ware and

each subgroup wore its own traditional

costumes, clothing tended to be used as

markers or to distinguish Hmong bands

on their shirts, or the MongLeng, with

their find batik plaited skirts. For men,

traditional Hmong clothing often

consists of a pair of long black pants

held at the waist by an embroidered or

plain red band with a black shirt tucked.

The Hmong women’s formal costume

represents her skill and her wealth of

her family. The fore, Hmong clothing is

important and a traditional thing. http://www.artsconnected.org/artsnetmn/whatsart/hmonga.jpg

In Laos, there are unique Hmong

clothing. The white Hmong (Hmong

Duab) wear plain white pleated skirts

while the Green Hmong (Hmong

Ntsuab) dresses are dyed indigo with

needle work. Usually, both men and

women wear a loose black pajama

type shirt and pants. Each girl must

sew and embroider a heavy pleated

skirt that may be twenty feet (six

meters) wide at the hem. It is dark

with sharp accents of color along the

apron and on the sash. After all,

Hmong clothing is different and

unique clothing. http://www.deltaphilambda.org/newsletter/wp-

content/uploads/2010/08/hmongdresses.jpg

The Hmong clothes represent a

subgroup. They reproduce the intricate

designs associated with each subgroup

and family that vary from each region to

region. Depending on which subgroup

the clothing represents the designs on

the bands, skirts, head gear, and

jewelry. Today, as a result of increased

contact and trade among the Hmong in

China, Laos, Thailand, and the West,

and the fact that it is increasingly easier

to buy then to make traditional

costumes, Hmong from each subgroup

tend to wear the costumes from each

other subgroups. So now, you know

Hmong clothes come from a subgroup. http://www.sapagreen.com/images/img_other/sapa_peo/1%20hmong.jpg

In all, what they wear are colorful,

creative, and different clothes you

think you would never have seen. It

can be modern or traditional.

Traditional clothing is worn in Laos.

It is a tradition for the Hmong

people. There are many different

clothing in Laos. Hmong clothes will

always represent something. Like a

subgroup. In conclusion, Laos is a

perfect place to see the real beautiful

Hmong clothing. http://mrsmooney.edublogs.org/files/2010/12/HmongClothing2_opt-pt13m9.jpg

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