Renewal in April: Boun Pee Mai Lao
The myths and legends about the origins of the Lao people are told vividly and clearly and is played with each new year festival of ancient Lao Nakon Louang Prabang. Today they make up more than ever, the essence of this ritual without the concomitant presence of a king. Its origin lies in spiritualism, to conduct a constant connection with the spiritual world and actions in every aspect of daily life. It dates back to before the gods,at the time of the creation of the Lao. Human intuition preserved and maintained since then. They are eons older than artificial concepts such as monarchy, religion, capitalism, communism, constitutional and so on. History and a people that are so ingrained and peace happen so confident in the knowledge of their origin with a known time such phenomena in the Annals of human rights and a cosmic shrug.
'Large City' Prabang, the former royal capital and cultural centerThis day was named after his guardian statue of the Buddha, the Prabang, a gift from the kings of Angkor. In the past, this statue symbolizes the protection of the king founded the Buddhist religion in exchange of the Buddhist Sangha of the legitimacy of the monarchy in a mythical past. These are used for mutually beneficial business, happy to be rededicated in April of each year.
The origin of the People's Republic of Laos
Re readjusted every Louang Prabang in Laos New Year
The traditional celebrationthe new year Louang Prabang Tourism is a big local company. On this joyous occasion, the sleepy town of 30,000 souls is flooded with some 300,000 visitors for the big party. In the West, to celebrate the new year with the successful passage of time for those who are still alive, and welcomes the challenge of the new year by another experiment. Here it is used for both serious and joyful events, the most important of the year, lasting three days. It 'an opportunity to go home back to the usual annualFamily Festival. The first day is used to display the events of last year, the sowing and harvest of thanks, the average day is for visiting relatives and friends at home, during the third day of the new year. It 's time for the renewal of physical and mental energy to face the uncertainties ahead. Is there a better way to give credit to Louang Prabang, the conclusion of your host family Buddha, dust, spray them with scented water and bring it to Wat Mai, the "NewTemple, "a blessing. Here are Prabang is for this reason, the use of water from an irrigation system built for real invaded by thousands on the throne-maker was placed. This obviously has nothing to do with an atheist Buddhism, but certainly feel good factor, a much-needed momentum, this new adventure inevitably face in the new year to compensate for a spiritual one. Finally, another year has passed, ie, there is less to go! This is certainlyA good enough reason to be happy, to celebrate his good fortune you are making good time.
Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar Buddhist tradition Himayana surely suffer in his New Year's party, which has severely hand. It 'was gently pour a cup of blessing and meaning together with scented water over the other on the shoulder of one of the best New Year wishes and blessings on the auspicious, the third day. Instead it turned into a water fight in the streets unreal,Maximum period of two weeks. It 'about the indiscriminate use of firearms plastic pump size and amazing colors, water pipes, Cruise pickup loaded with water tanks and people screaming, ice water, polluted river water, the colored water . Delusional insanity reigns in the streets. The Tourism Authority of Thailand is active abroad, this exhibition horror as a tourist event. Completely free from its original meaning of the validity of decisions, is how to avoid the vulgarity of the ColonyCarnival. Wise men and women choose to Mahayana Buddhist countries such as China and Vietnam, or Muslim Malaysia, the Philippines or to escape the Christian Hindu island of Bali.
