This is an update on the project, if you have not made a pledge you still have time, February 28, 2013 will be the last day. Most people think of a pledge as giving or donating monies, but in this case you are preordering the book through Amazon.com. Once you make a pledge, choose your… Continue reading Kickstarter: Lao Children’s Book: Xieng Mieng Adventures
Today is the start of the water festival in Laos and Thailand. This is a story told in Laos to explain why Lao people pour water on each other on the New Year in the fifth Lunar month. The story is called Nang Sangkaan. The origin of the parade of Nang Sangkaan is not Buddhist,… Continue reading Sok Dee Pee Mai and Happy New Year
This is a story told in Laos to explain why Lao people pour water on each other on the New Year in the fifth Lunar month. The story is called Nang Sangkaan. The origin of the parade of Nang Sangkaan is not Buddhist, but Brahmanism. Later, Lao people changed the tradition, but kept the idea… Continue reading Sok Dee Pee Mai and Happy New Year
Some of the prettiest photos of the longest solar eclipse of the century that cast a wide shadow for several minutes over Asia and the Pacific Ocean Wednesday, luring throngs of people outside to watch the spectacle. In India, where an eclipse pits science against superstition, thousands took a dip in the Ganges River in… Continue reading Solar Eclipse in Asia
Pee Mai Lao or Lao New Year falls on April 13-15, 2009 Sok Dee Pee Mai 2552. Happy Lao New Year 2009. This is a story told in Laos to explain why Lao people pour water on each other on the New Year in the fifth Lunar month. The story is called Nang Sangkaan. The… Continue reading Lao Folktales – Lao New Year: Nang Sangkaan
Video by ArnuShawn Translated and description by Nye Noona Narrated by Mr. Akkasith It is not common for subordinates to speak back or outwit their superior in the Lao tradition or amongst Lao people, but in the Lao Folktales, the notorious trickster Xiang Miang was an exception, he was so clever that it was a… Continue reading Lao Folktales – Xiang Miang Outwits the King
Video by ArnuShawn, Xiang Miang is one of the most popular folktales in Laos. This is part I and the beginning of the story. It narrated by Mr. Akkasith and translated by Nye Noona. Special Thanks to both of them that make this film possible. The following is the brief introduction of Xiang Miang written… Continue reading Lao Folktales – The Birth of Xiang Miang
I’ve been searching for Lao folktales, and was told by a friend about SEAsite Laos website that have a good collection of Lao folktales. Then I found a book called Lao Folktales by Wajuppa Tossa with Kongdeuane Nettavong, edited by Margaret Read MacDonald. It’s in hardcover and has some of the great stories that my… Continue reading Lao Folktales: Phi Kongkoi, the Ghost Named Kongkoi
