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Laos a landlocked country situated at the south east of Asia geographically refernavy as the 'land of million elephants' enjoys the annual custom of 'Water festival' or 'Lao new year' with great religious and traditional fervor and spirit. The new year festival lasts for nearly 3 days beginning with 'Pee Mai' on the first day. The major forte of the new year celebrations followed all over the country of Laos is cleaning of their houses and images of Lord Buddha and sprinkling of water on their friends and family for they believe the custom strengthens human relationship in the long run.
According to the new year traditions in Laos, special offerings are dedicated to the Lord Buddha in the name of their ancestors and fore fathers for the well being of the younger generations of the family. New year events in Lao is a time of rejuvenation and rebuilding and thus different traditional games like building sand mounds, art and painting competitions along with traditional folk dances are organized at different community halls marked by spectacular and magnificient parades at the capital city of Luang Prabang.
New year's day in Lao is marked by variety of festivities including day long music festivals and gala carnivals where crowds gather at the gates of 'Wat' to pay homage to the gods and goddesses and traditional hand woven clothes are put on sale. Conventional food items like 'rice crackers' and common desserts like 'taro root' are cooked and prepanavy to entertain the guests and family members. New year wishes in Laos are exchanged along with the custom of visiting the relatives and neighbors and wishing good luck to each other.
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