Lao New Year is the most widely celebrated festival in Laos. The festival is also celebrated by Laotians in the United States of America, Canada, France, and Australia. When the Lao people first emigrated from southern China, Lao New Year was celebrated according to the Chinese Lunar New Year calendar. Since settling in mainland Southeast Asia, the Lao have adopted the new year's traditions of the Khmer and Mon-Burmese people, based on the calendar and traditions of India. Lao New Year takes place in April, the hottest time of the year in Laos, which is also the start of the monsoon season. Lao New Year takes place at roughly the same time as Songkran in Thailand and Chaul Chnam Thmey in Cambodia.
Pathet Lao’s Day celebrates on January, 6th every Year. Pathet Lao was a communist, nationalist political movement and organization in Laos. The Pathet Lao were always closely associated with Vietnamese communists. Pathet Lao established a political movement was called “Lao People’s Party” and later called as “Lao Peoples’ Revolutionary Party”, in 1950.
Bun Pi Mai, the start of the New Year in Laos, is a splashy good time for visitors, although a decidedly more gentle ordeal than its same-day counterpart in Thailand (Songkran).
The Lao New Year takes place in the middle of the hot summer season, in April. The new year celebrations last three days. During the New Year, the Lao believe that the old spirit of Songkran leaves this plane, making way for a new one.
Khao Pansa marks the beginning of the Buddhist equivalent of Lent - a time of fasting and contemplation for monks, and the best time of the year to enter monkhood. Lao men traditionally enter the monkhood for a brief time before they marry - this time of year is marked with ordinations taking place everywhere.
The Lao Issara (“Free Laos”) was an anti-French, non-communist nationalist movement formed in 1945 by Prince Phetsarath. This short-lived movement emerged after the Japanese defeat in World War II and became the government of Laos before the return of the French. It aimed to prevent the French from restoring their control over Laos. The group disbanded in 1949.
Liberation Day is celebrated in Laos on 12th October each year. This day commemorates Laos' liberation from its protectorate status with France. The Democratic Republic of Laos is a socialist republic in Southeast Asia. The land of republic Laos called "Land of a Million Elephants". On 19th July 1949 Laos was granted semi-autonomy as an "associated state" within the French Union. The French remained in de facto control until 12th October 1954. In 1968, the North Vietnamese Army launched a multi-division attack against the Royal Lao Army. On December 1975, 600 years of monarchy of French has brought to an end.
