Does Laos celebrate the Spring Festival? Or what kind of new year to celebrate.

The Lao people's New Year is a water-splashing festival in May of the Buddhist calendar and April of the Gregorian calendar from 13 to 15.

Festivals of the Lao people:

1, Songkran Festival

Songkran Festival (May in Buddhist calendar, Gregorian calendar 13 ~ 15) Songkran Festival, also known as Songkran Festival or May Festival, is a Buddhist New Year, equivalent to the Spring Festival of the China lunar calendar, so it is the most solemn folk festival in Laos.

2. American Independence Day

Independence Day is 65438+ 10/2, which comes from the independence movement of 1945 65438+ 10. 1945 Japan surrendered. 1In August, 945, Vietnam won the "August Revolution". 1945 10 10/2. After the declaration of independence, it was designated as Laos Independence Day.

3. National Day

Laos National Day is 65438+ February 2nd. 1June, 975, American troops were evacuated from Laos; 1On October 29th, King Sisavang Vatthana announced his voluntary abdication. 65438+February 1 ~ 2, the Central Committee of Lao Patriotic Front held the National People's Congress in Vientiane, accepted the letter of abdication of the king and the letter of dissolution of the provisional national unity government and the National Political Committee, and announced the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. 65438+February 2, also became the national day of Laos.

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Customs taboos in Laos:

In interpersonal communication, most Lao people are sincere and polite. When meeting others in social activities, their most common meeting etiquette is namaste. In foreign exchanges, or social occasions where young people are the majority, Laos sometimes uses the handshake ceremony.

Laos has a traditional blessing etiquette-tying the thread. There are many kinds of tying lines in Laos, such as welcoming guests, seeing them off, wedding celebrations, going on vacation, traveling far away and so on.

Overhead is the noblest place in Laos. Don't touch other people's tops, especially children. Take off your shoes when you enter a Buddhist temple, don't touch the Buddha statue casually, and don't kill or cut down bodhi trees and Toona sinensis in or near the Buddhist temple.

Outsiders can't eat with monks. Outsiders can drink water from ponds, tanks or pots in Buddhist temples, but they can't drink water from monks' kettles unless the monks give it to you.

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