ok Pansa / Boun Ok Phansa Laos

[DavidFL]

Guys
Full moon is just around the corner & in Thailand / Laos it is Ok Pansa in Thailand / Boun Ok Phansa in Laos.
In Laos it is also "Thai Loy Krathong" with floats & candles on the rivers.
Keep an eye out for it if you are in Laos.

 

[DavidFL]

Davidfl wrote: Guys
Full moon is just around the corner & in Thailand / Laos it is Ok Pansa in Thailand / Boun Ok Phansa in Laos.
In Laos it is also "Thai Loy Krathong" with floats & candles on the rivers.
Keep an eye out for it if you are in Laos.

Just to clarify - this is FULL MOON in October.The 23rd October 2010. :thumbup:

BOUN OK PHANSA
The final and most important day of Lent- also features an early morning temple ceremony. After dusk, candlelight procession grace temple grounds and buildings glow with candle burning in honor of Buhhda. Also after dusk, "Lai Heua Fai" (or Loi Kathong for Thai people who celebrate this event in November), a river ceremony during which small hand-made boats area floated downriver by people praying and making vows. The candlelit rafts bob away into darkness, symbolically dismissing bad luck, disease, and bad deeds.
BOUN SOUANG HEUA
Held the day after "Ok Phansa", "Boun Souang Heua" or the Boat race festival draws crows of excited spectators to the Mekong River . Thirty to fifty members teaming wooden longboats row to the rhythm of drums as they compete for the coveted trophy. The most popular piece of performed at the boat racing festival was pheng seung.