We celebrated 1st Sart Thai Festival at Wat Greensboro on Sunday, September 18, 2016. The temple called it small Sart day, and the big Sart day will be in 2 weeks. Sart day is a Buddhist tradition where it's a memorial day for the dead, it is a time to remember dead relatives and merit… Continue reading 1st Sart Festival (Kanben) or Merit Making Transference at Wat Greensboro
We celebrated a Southeast Asian New Year at our local temple Wat Greensboro last Sunday April 17, 2016. The celebration was later than the actual New Year celebration which was celebrated on April 13 to the 15th in Southeast Asia, it's celebrated for 3 days. Cups of sand were prepared for Jaydee Cide or sand… Continue reading Songkran Festival 2016 at Wat Greensboro
We celebrated a Southeast Asian New Year at our local temple Wat Greensboro last Sunday April 19, 2015. It rained in our area, traveling to the temple was difficult and by the time we got there it amazed us that there's not a drop of rain and the temple is only 1 hour and 30… Continue reading Songkran Festival 2015 at Wat Greensboro
One of the most memorable events I attended was attending Wat Lang or evening temple and Lai Heur Fai Nam or Loy Krathong Festival at our local temple Wat Greensboro. I used to think that Lai Heur Fai Nam and Loy Krathong Festival were the same event, and that Lai Heur Fai Nam is a… Continue reading Evening Temple, Lai Heur Fai Nam and Loy Krathong Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o8RyIyexFw We celebrated a Southeast Asian New Year at our local temple Wat Greensboro on Sunday April 13, 2014. We had a good turnout and the weather was exceptionally nice, it was in the 80s. Songkran is one of the biggest events at our temple. It is the time of the year for a new… Continue reading Songkran Festival 2014 at Wat Greensboro
Sunday July 21, 2013 was the Buddhist Lent Day at our local temple Wat Greensboro. It is called Kao Punsa for the locals and it's the tradition of Buddhist Lent or the annual three-month Rains Retreat known in Laos and Thailand as Punsa, which dated back to the early Buddhism in ancient India, this is… Continue reading The Buddhist Lent Day at Wat Greensboro
It has been over a month ago when I shot this wedding. Lisa asked me over a year ago if I would be her wedding photographer, at the time I was skeptical. I've attended and photographed weddings before, but not as a wedding photographer so this made me very nervous. I knew a year ago… Continue reading Lisa and Souwan Wedding
Click here to watch this video on YouTube We celebrated a Lao Pee Mai, Khmer, and Thai New Year at our local temple Wat Greensboro on Sunday April 14, 2013. We had a good turnout, surprisingly more so than the previous years. The weather was exceptionally nice, good weather to celebrate the water festival, but… Continue reading Songkran Day at Wat Greensboro
It is not easy to photograph a Laotian funeral service especially if you don't understand the custom. The gathering at the family's home could be as long as 1 week or longer, and in Portou Ny's case I was able to attend the last day of the gathering only since I had to work and… Continue reading Laotian Funeral Service
Unlike the American visitation, the Laotians visit the deceased family the day that the person passed away and everyday after that until the funeral. Portou Ny, Bo's uncle passed away on Tuesday and families and friends from far and near traveled to pay their respects. The weather was real bad in our area today, we… Continue reading Laotian Visitation
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/52983153 w=515&h=290] Click here to watch this video on YouTube Our local temple Wat Greensboro held Thot Kathin last Sunday. The Kathin Ceremony is held within 29 days after the three-month rains retreat where people have a grand festival of offering gifts, food and yellow ropes to the monks. It was cold on Sunday and… Continue reading Kathin Ceremony November 4, 2012 at Wat Greensboro
The temple was honored to receive a visit from Virginia's Senator Jill Vogel. Click here to watch this video on YouTube And these are the last two music videos from the event. Click here to watch this video on YouTube Click here to watch this video on YouTube All photos and video were shot with… Continue reading Wat Lao Buddhavong June 30, 2012 a Visit from Senator Jill Vogel
I finally have a chance to load all the videos, I hope you will enjoy. Click here to watch this video on YouTube Click here to watch this video on YouTube Click here to watch this video on YouTube Click here to watch this video on YouTube The photography was a challenge since the background… Continue reading Wat Lao Buddhavong June 30, 2012 Lao Classical Dance and Fashion Show
It has been a tradition for our family to visit the temple on New Year's Day. My sisters came down from NYC to tum boun (merit making) for our mom, it has been 5 years since her passing. The normal service time is at 9:30am and we got there before the service, a few joined… Continue reading New Year 2012 at Wat Greensboro
Updated video on 10/26/2011: Click here to view this video on YouTube At the end of the 3-month rains retreat monks are allowed to move from place to place, and are eligible to receive new robes in an annual presentation ceremony called Thot Kathin. Our local temple Wat Greensboro held Thot Kathin last Sunday. It… Continue reading Kathin Ceremony October 23, 2011 at Wat Greensboro
