Festivals and Events on visit lao year 2018
Traditional festivals
A broad range of festivals take place in all districts of Oudomxay
Province. Join them to experience the fascinating cultural life of
different ethnic groups.
12-15 ມັງກອນ 2018 ບຸນເຕັດນືມ(ປີໃໝ່)ຂອງເຜົ່າກືມມຸ ເມືອງໄຊ
12-15 January 2018 Khummu New Year Festival Meuang Xay Town
14-16 ກຸມພາ 2018 ບຸນກິນຈຽງເຜົ່າໄຕ (ໄຕດຳ, ໄຕຂ່າວ) ເມືອງນາໝໍ້
14-16 February 2018 Tai New Year Festival Meuang NaMor
12-15 ເມສາ 2018 ບຸນປີໃໝ່ໄຫວພະເຈົ້າສິງຄຳ ເມືອງຫຼາ
12-15 April 2018 PhaChaosingkham Buddha Celebration Festival Meuang La
23-26 ເມສາ 2018 ບຸນຊ່ວງເຮືອເດືອນຫ້າ ເມືອງງາ
23-26 April 2018 Boat Racing Festival Meuang Ngar
4-6 ກັນຍາ 2018 ບຸນຊ່ວງເຮືອບຸນຫໍ່ເຂົ້າສະຫຼາກ ເມືອງປາກແບງ
4-6 September 2018 Boat Racing Festival Meuang Pakbeng
4-6 ຕຸລາ 2018 ບຸນຊ່ວງເຮືອອອກພັນສາ ເມືອງຮຸນ
4-6 Octopber 2018 Boat Racing Festival Meuang Houn
15 - 17 ພະຈິກ 2018 ເທດສະການສົ່ງເສີມສິນຄ້າຜ້າພື້ນເມືອງ ເມືອງແບງ
15-17 November 2018 Traditional Handicraft Festival Meuang Beng
24-27 ທັນວາ 2018 ບຸນກິຈຽງເຜົ່າມົ້ງແລະງານວັດທະນະທຳບັນດາເຜົ່າ ເທດສະບານແຂວງ
24-27 December 2018 Ethnic Minority Festival Oudomxay Town
Laos
cerebrates many annual festivals called "Boun" in the Lao Language
which are particularly enjoyable and beautiful, signifying traditional
aspects of Lao lifestyle. Most festivals are connected with religion and
the yearly rice farming cycle. The timing of the festivals is
calculated according to the Buddhist lunar calendar, thus changing every
year. Please check the latest information before visiting these events.
Almost
every month of the year there is either a local festival or celebration
in Laos. The word for festival in Lao is boun, which also means doing
good things in order to gain merit for subsequent lives. If you are in
Oudomxay while any of the festivals are taking place you will surely be
welcomed and asked to join the fun. Please feel free to participate,
however remember that most of the festivals are based on religious
beliefs, so your hosts will appreciate it if you respect local codes of
behavior.
| Main Event Schedule | |
| Khmu Festival Hmong New Year Pi Mai Lao (Lao New Year) Rocket Festival (Boun Bang Fai) Boat Racing Festival (Boun Suang Heua) |
January - February December April May October |
Khmu Festival
Khmu people in Oudomxay they are in Muang Xay, Muang La, Muang Hoon, Muang Beng, Muang Pakbeng and Meuang Namor District. The festival is in January - February. The festival is celebrated after the rice harvest season, "Teck Neum Festival" it is main purpose of the celebration is to thank the sipirit of the land and to ensure the standard of living, better life and good yield for the next harvest season.
Hmong New Year
Hmong people in Oudomxay are in Meuang Xay, Meuang Namor , Meuang Hoon, Meuang Beng and Meuang Pakbeng District. Hmong new year it is in mid December, The festival celebration is just after the Agriculture "rice, con, ect..." harvest season. the main purpose of the festival is to celebrate for the new year and for all the successful outcomes that the Hmong people have be done for a year and to ensure the living standard. The activity includes playing games between men and women by throwing a small ball to each other, Hmong Khaen blowing plus dancing, flute playing, Hmong traditional singing.
The Hmong New Year celebration features colorful displays of traditional costumes made from green, red and white silk and ornate silver jewelry. Music from traditional Hmong instruments such as the teun-flute, Hmong-style khene pipe and leave blowing is enjoyed. Other festivities include the Makkhon (cotton-ball) throwing ceremony, ox fighting, spinning-top races and crossbow demonstrations.
Khmu people in Oudomxay they are in Muang Xay, Muang La, Muang Hoon, Muang Beng, Muang Pakbeng and Meuang Namor District. The festival is in January - February. The festival is celebrated after the rice harvest season, "Teck Neum Festival" it is main purpose of the celebration is to thank the sipirit of the land and to ensure the standard of living, better life and good yield for the next harvest season.
Hmong New Year
Hmong people in Oudomxay are in Meuang Xay, Meuang Namor , Meuang Hoon, Meuang Beng and Meuang Pakbeng District. Hmong new year it is in mid December, The festival celebration is just after the Agriculture "rice, con, ect..." harvest season. the main purpose of the festival is to celebrate for the new year and for all the successful outcomes that the Hmong people have be done for a year and to ensure the living standard. The activity includes playing games between men and women by throwing a small ball to each other, Hmong Khaen blowing plus dancing, flute playing, Hmong traditional singing.
The Hmong New Year celebration features colorful displays of traditional costumes made from green, red and white silk and ornate silver jewelry. Music from traditional Hmong instruments such as the teun-flute, Hmong-style khene pipe and leave blowing is enjoyed. Other festivities include the Makkhon (cotton-ball) throwing ceremony, ox fighting, spinning-top races and crossbow demonstrations.
Pi Mai Lao (Lao New Year)
This is the biggest festival of the year all around the country. It is partly a religious festival as it is the time Buddha images are cleansed, but is it also an all-out water festival. For three days be prepared to get wet wherever you go as water is thrown on everyone. In Odomxay there are traditional processions and many other events. More info
Rocket Festival (Boun Bang Fai)
Boun Bang Fai is the rocket festival, is held at the beginning of the rainy season. The festival is a call for rain and a celebration of fertility. In the morning a religious ceremony is performed. In the afternoon, people gather in the fields on the outskirts of villages and towns to launch self-made firework rockets. Different communities compete for the best decorated and the highest travelling rocket. Men disguised as women perform vaudeville acts using wooden phalli in order to anger the gods. As revenge, the gods are expected to send thunderstorms. Beginning around the middle of May, the rocket festivals are staggered from place to place to enable greater participation and attendance.
More info
Boat Racing Festival (Boun Suang Heua)
The Boat Racing festival or in lao called Boun Suang Heua, it is in Mueng La and Pakbeng District it’s an important part of the traditional agricuture cycle. The festival is to tribute to the Naga (mythical snake) with the intention of attractiing the Naga from the inundated rice field into the river . This festival also comment orates the end of the rainning season and bring luck for an abundant harvest. More info
This is the biggest festival of the year all around the country. It is partly a religious festival as it is the time Buddha images are cleansed, but is it also an all-out water festival. For three days be prepared to get wet wherever you go as water is thrown on everyone. In Odomxay there are traditional processions and many other events. More info
Rocket Festival (Boun Bang Fai)
Boun Bang Fai is the rocket festival, is held at the beginning of the rainy season. The festival is a call for rain and a celebration of fertility. In the morning a religious ceremony is performed. In the afternoon, people gather in the fields on the outskirts of villages and towns to launch self-made firework rockets. Different communities compete for the best decorated and the highest travelling rocket. Men disguised as women perform vaudeville acts using wooden phalli in order to anger the gods. As revenge, the gods are expected to send thunderstorms. Beginning around the middle of May, the rocket festivals are staggered from place to place to enable greater participation and attendance.
More info
Boat Racing Festival (Boun Suang Heua)
The Boat Racing festival or in lao called Boun Suang Heua, it is in Mueng La and Pakbeng District it’s an important part of the traditional agricuture cycle. The festival is to tribute to the Naga (mythical snake) with the intention of attractiing the Naga from the inundated rice field into the river . This festival also comment orates the end of the rainning season and bring luck for an abundant harvest. More info
| Month | Name | Ethnic Group | Location | Definition of Festival |
| 1 | Khamu Festival | Khamu | Xay, La, Houn, Pak Beng, and Beng District | This festival is celebrated after the rice has been harvested, that ceremony is held to thank the spirit of the land and to ensure the next harvest will be plentiful |
| Hmong Festival | Hmong | Houn, Pak Beng, Nga and Beng District | New lunar year festival | |
| Boun Mahachaz | Lao Lum | Houn District | A temple based festival. The festival lasts for three days and three nights. Offerings of visitors are attracting many people to the temple at this time. | |
| 2 | Khamu Festival | Khamu | Xay, La, Houn, Pak Beng, and Beng District | |
| Kin Jieng | Thai Khao, Tai Dam and Yang | Namor, Beng District | This festival is celebrated after the rice has been harvested, that ceremony is held to thank the spirit of the land and to ensure the next harvest will be plentiful | |
| Celebrate stupa | Lao Lum | Xay District | This festival lasts for three days and three nights. People usually are offering things such as: candles, incense, water, food, fruit and flowers. In the third day they have Binthabat in the morning. | |
| 3 | Boun Mahachaz | Lao Lum | Beng district | |
| Boun Khao Chi | Lao Lum | Pak Beng District | ||
| 4 | Lao New Year | Every ethnic group | Every district | Lao New Year festival begins in mid April and lasts for three days. Held before the onset of the rainy season, it is also a purification festival during which Buddha images in the household and the temple are ritually cleaned with sacred water. The water from the cleaning ceremonies is then poured or splashed by people on to each other to cleanse them of bad luck and to bring them luck for the coming year. |
| Rocket festival | Lao Lum | La District | Rocket Festival - Boun Bang Fai is a rain-making and fertility festival held just before the rainy season. It is a wild and happy ceremony, involving music, dance, and street processions, culminating in the firing of rockets. Rockets are fired to tempt the gods to send the naga from the river bank into the rice field in order to attract rain. | |
| Boat racing festival | Lao Lum | Nga District | Boat racing festival - Boun Souang Heua - is an important part of the traditional agricultural cycle. The festival pays tribute to the naga (mythical snake water deities) with the intention of attracting the naga from the inundated rice field back into the river. This festival also commemorates the end of the rainy season and brings luck for an abundant harvest. | |
| 7-8 | Boun Kin Pang | Tai Khao | Beng District | This festival is celebrated like the Khamu festival |
| Boun Kam Pin Ban | Thai Khao, Leu | Beng District | ||
| 9 | Boun Khao Salak (Boat racing festival) | Lao Lum | Houn, Pak Beng, Nga District | Boun Khao Salak is held on the full moon. This festival involves the giving of offerings to a specific monk, include daily necessities such as: books, pens, sugar, coffee and cigarettes. Lay people also give Tung Peng (wax flowers candles) to monks, bringing merit to the giver |
| Boun Khao Padab Dinh | Lao Lum | Nga District | Boun Khao Padab Dinh is held on the full moon. During this festival people make special offerings to all decreased, not only to the own ancestors. | |
| 10 | Boun Khao Padab Dinh | Lao Lum | Pak Beng District | |
| 12 | Hmong festival | Hmong | Xay, La District | |
| Boun Kin Jieng | Ho, Hmong, Phouxang, Kohill, Lao houy | Namor district | ||
| Boun Mahacha |
When you attend a music festival this year be sure to connect with history as you sit back in the sun and enjoy the natural combination of music, dance and the great outdoors, for the modern music festival has its origins in Ancient Greece when outdoor festivals were a combination of competitions in music and dance of great magnitude in their day.see more at-festivals
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