Boun Khun Khao

	Boun Khun Khao Boun Khun Khao is an agricultural festival held in rural parts of Laos at the end of January and beginning of February. The festival celebrates the new harvest. Rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ... farmers often store the unhusked rice in local temples as part of the celebrations. References Festivals in Laos Harvest festivals {{Asia-festival-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. At the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. Its capital and largest city is Vientiane. Present-day Laos traces its historic and cultural identity to Lan Xang, which existed from the 14th century to the 18th century as one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. Because of its central geographical location in Southeast Asia, the kingdom became a hub for overland trade and became wealthy economically and culturally. After a period of internal conflict, Lan Xang broke into three separate kingdoms: Luang Phrabang, Vientiane and Champasak. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown in West Africa around 3,000 years ago. In agriculture, it has largely been replaced by higher-yielding Asian r ...'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera ''Zizania (genus), Zizania'' and ''Porteresia'', both wild and domesticated, although the term may also be used for primitive or uncultivated varieties of ''Oryza''. As a cereal, cereal grain, domesticated rice is the most widely consumed staple food for over half of the world's World population, human population,Abstract, "Rice feeds more than half the world's population." especially in Asia and Africa. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production, after sugarcane and maize. Since sizable portions of sugarcane and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Festivals In Laos Laotian Festivals are usually based on Theravada Buddhism. Notable festivals and public holidays Boun Bang Fay (ງານບຸນບັ້ງໄຟ) Boun Fai Payanak Boun Haw Khao Padap Din (ງານບຸນຫໍ່ເຂົ້າປະດັບດິນ) Boun Khao Pansa(ງານບຸນເຂົ້າພັນສາ) Boun Khun Khao Boun Makha Busaa Boun Ok Pansa Boun Suang Huea Boun That Luang Boun That Sikhot Boun Wat Phu Champasak Chinese New Year/Tết Hmong New Year International Labor Day Lai Heua Fai Lao Children's Day Lao Elephant Festival Lao Independence Day Lao Issara Day Lao New Day Lao Women's Day Pi Mai Lao Ok Phansa Pathet Lao Day That In Hang Festival Vixakha Bouxa See also * Public holidays in Laos References External linksLaos Cultural Profile (Ministry of Information and Culture/Visiting Arts) {{Asia topic, List of festivals in Laotian culture Lists of events in Laos, Festivals Festivals in Laos, Laos Lists of fes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]