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Friday march 8, 2024 | Womens' Day | Secular holiday | |
Friday march 22, 2024 | People's Party Day | Events, celebrations... | |
Friday april 12, 2024 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French school | School holidays | |
Monday april 15, 2024 | Laotian New Year (Pi Mai) | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday april 16, 2024 | Laotian New Year (Pi Mai) | Secular holiday | |
Wednesday april 17, 2024 | Laotian New Year (Pi Mai) | Secular holiday | |
Thursday april 18, 2024 | Laotian New Year (Pi Mai) | Secular holiday | |
Monday april 29, 2024 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Wednesday may 1, 2024 | Labour Day | Secular holiday | |
Wednesday may 22, 2024 | Visakha Bucha | Buddhism (Theravada) | |
Thursday may 23, 2024 | Vesak - Buddha Purnima - Visakha Bucha | Events, celebrations... | |
Monday june 3, 2024 | Children's Day | School holidays | |
Sunday june 16, 2024 | Fathers' Day | cards/flowers | |
Friday june 28, 2024 | Summer holiday (beginning) - French schools | School holidays | |
Saturday july 20, 2024 | Khao Pansa / Esala Poya (Buddhist Fast begins) | Buddhism (Theravada) | |
Monday july 22, 2024 | Lao Women Union's Day | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday september 3, 2024 | Summer holiday (end) - French schools | School holidays | |
Womens' Day
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Friday march 8, 2024
Secular holiday :
People's Party Day
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Friday march 22, 2024
Culture : A successor to the Communist Party of Indochina, the Lao People's Party was founded on 22 March, 1955.
Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French school
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Friday april 12, 2024
School holidays :
Laotian New Year (Pi Mai)
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Monday april 15, 2024
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Laotian New Year (Pi Mai)
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Tuesday april 16, 2024
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Laotian New Year (Pi Mai)
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Wednesday april 17, 2024
Secular holiday : Pi Mai means New Year . Ceremonial cleansing away of the old years sins with water. Temples are visited and Buddha's are washed and a huge water fight starts. No one is safe from gangs equipped with water balloons and water guns. For three days the normally streets of Vientiane and other towns are full with drunk and/or drugged people. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Laotian New Year (Pi Mai)
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Thursday april 18, 2024
Secular holiday : Pi Mai means New Year . Ceremonial cleansing away of the old years sins with water. Temples are visited and Buddha's are washed and a huge water fight starts. No one is safe from gangs equipped with water balloons and water guns. For three days the normally streets of Vientiane and other towns are full with drunk and/or drugged people. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday april 29, 2024
School holidays :
Labour Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday :
Visakha Bucha
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Wednesday may 22, 2024
Buddhism (Theravada) : This day is a Buddhist public holiday. This day commemorates the birth, the enlightment and the death (entry into the nirvana) of Buddha. Temples through the country are crowded with people listening to sermons about Dharma (Buddha's teaching) and in the evening there is a candlelit procession around the main building of the temple containing the Buddha statues. http://www.thaiworldview.com/feast/feast.htm
Vesak - Buddha Purnima - Visakha Bucha
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Thursday may 23, 2024
Culture :
Children's Day
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Monday june 3, 2024
School holidays : Originated in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925.
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 16, 2024
cards/flowers :
Summer holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday june 28, 2024
School holidays :
Khao Pansa / Esala Poya (Buddhist Fast begins)
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Saturday july 20, 2024
Buddhism (Theravada) : For a period of 3 months, Buddhists priests have to meditate in temples and observe strict rules. Young men are also enrolled in temples on that day, until Auk Phansa -- full moon of October, the official end of the rainy season.
Lao Women Union's Day
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Monday july 22, 2024
Secular holiday : Lao Womens Union (LWU) is a mass and social organization of women at all strata
throughout Lao P.D.R. It is part of Lao Peoples Democratic Republic system. It was
officially established in 1955. The history of LWU was closely attached to the countrys
history for national liberation and development.
Summer holiday (end) - French schools
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Tuesday september 3, 2024
School holidays :