Lao New Year, called Pi Mai (Lao: ປີໃໝ່, [pìː māj]) or less commonly Songkan (Lao: ສົງການ, [sǒŋ.kàːn]), is celebrated every year from 13 or 14 April to...

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to...

Year celebrations that occur in April: Burmese New Year (Thingyan) Cambodian New Year (Chaul Chnam Thmey) Lao New Year (Pii Mai) Sri Lankan New Year (Aluth...

as Songkran.: 34  Cambodian New Year (Choul Chnam Thmey), in Cambodia Lao New Year (Pi Mai Lao), in Laos Sinhalese New Year (Aluth Avurudda), in Sri Lanka...

New Year, or Sangken (Arunachal Pradesh, India) Khmer New Year, or Choul Chnam Thmey (Cambodia) Lao New Year, or Pi Mai Lao (Laos) Maithili New Year,...

Cambodian New Year (Chaul Chnam Thmey) Lao New Year (Pii Mai) Sri Lankan New Year (Aluth Avuruddu) Thai New Year (Songkran) Reiko, Chiba (1966). The Seven...

(Chaul Chnam Thmey) Lao New Year (Pii Mai) Bengali New Year (Pahela Baisakh) Sri Lankan New Year (Aluth Avuruddu) Thai New Year (Songkran) "Tet des Vietnamiens"...

Laozi (/ˈlaʊdzə/, Chinese: 老子), also romanized as Lao Tzu and various other ways, is a semi-legendary ancient Chinese philosopher and author of the Tao...

Cambodian New Year (Chaul Chnam Thmey) Lao New Year (Pii Mai) Sri Lankan New Year (Aluth Avuruddu) Thai New Year (Songkran) "설". Encyclopedia of Korean...

contains Lao text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Lao script. The Pathet Lao (Lao: ປະເທດລາວ...

50% of the total population is ethnic Lao (Lao Loum or Lao Tai); 10% are categorized as Lao Theung or “upland Lao” who are predominantly people of Mon...

contains Lao text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Lao script. The kip (Lao: ກີບ, romanized: kib;...

Public holidays in Laos are days when workers get the day off work. The Lao word for "holiday" or "festival" is boun (ບຸນ, also spelled bun). List of...

(Aluth Avurudda), in Sri Lanka Cambodian New Year (Choul Chnam Thmey), in Cambodia Lao New Year (Pi Mai Lao), in Laos Sangken, in Arunachal Pradesh and...

Cambodian New Year (Chaul Chnam Thmey) Lao New Year (Pii Mai) Sri Lankan New Year (Aluth Avuruddu) Thai New Year (Songkran) Naadam Nowruz Ul boov Buryat:...

South and Southeast Asian solar New Year: roughly 14 April, including Cambodian New Year, Lao New Year, Sinhalese New Year, Songkran (Thailand), Thingyan...

holiday durations may differ. Lunisolar New Year celebrations of other cultures such as Burmese, Cambodian, Lao, Sri Lankan, and Thai people are based...

Thailand Pi Mai Lao (Lao: ສົງກຣານ Songkan) in Laos Chaul Chnam Thmey (Khmer: បុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំថ្មី ) in Cambodia. It is also the traditional new year of the Dai...

Kung Lao (Chinese: 空佬) is a character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios. He debuted in Mortal Kombat...

article contains Lao text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Lao script. Lao (Lao: ພາສາລາວ, [pʰáː...

January – New Year's Day 20 January – Armed Forces Day 10 February – Vietnamese New Year 8 March – International Women's Day 14–16 April – Lao New Year 1 May...

The Lao built Lao Buddhist temples (Lao: ວັດລາວ, romanized: Wat Lao) to serve as cultural centers. Traditional Lao holidays such as Lao New Year and Bun...

Thong, Wat Wisunarat, Wat Sen, Wat Xieng Muan, and Wat Manorom. The Lao New Year is celebrated in April as The Bun Pi Mai. Luang Prabang is the ancient...

Shu Qingchun (3 February 1899 – 24 August 1966), known by his pen name Lao She, was a Chinese novelist and dramatist. He was a writer of 20th-century...

associated with the Lao New Year. People use the flowers as offerings at the temple, and also hang them in their homes for the New Year in belief that the...

The Laotian Civil War was waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December 1975. The Kingdom of Laos...

Vietnamese New Year 8 March – International Women's Day 13–16 April – Lao New Year 1 May – Labour Day 5 May – Visakha Bucha Day 24 July – Boun Khao Phansa...

team (Lao: ທິມຊາດ ບານເຕະ ແຫ່ງຊາດ ລາວ; French: Équipe du Laos de football) represents Laos in international football and is governed by the Lao Football...

The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is the founding and sole ruling party of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The party's monopoly on state...

The Phra Bang (Lao: ພະບາງ, pronounced [pʰāʔ.bàːŋ] , "Royal Buddha Image in the Dispelling Fear mudra") is a statue of Buddha in the city of Luang Prabang...