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Boun Khod Sim Ceremony – Wat Sattha Dhamma – Alto, GA – Photos Part 1

Sim Ordination Hall Opening of Wat Lao Buddha Sattha Dhamma, Alto, GA | Photographed in Infrared Boun Khod Sim Ceremony Wat Lao Buddha Sattha Dhamma – Alto, GA Saturday June 13, 2026 Photos Part 1: Thak Baht Alms Giving, Speeches and Performances, Raising of the Temple Spires Event Coverage by Boon Vong | www.b-vong.com | […]

Lao New Year Conley 2026 – Sunday Photos

∽ Lao New Year ∼ Wat Lao Pothisaram Conley, GA | May 3, 2026 •───────•°•❀•°•───────• Great performances by LAS and LDA! I took it easy today, mostly shooting video on my phone and getting practice time with an old Minolta Lens on the Sony A7 and an adapted 50mm f/1.2 on another A7. The Canon […]

Lao New Year Riverdale 2026 Photos

~ Lao New Year ∽ Wat Lao Buddhamoongcoon ︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Riverdale, GA | Sunday, April 12, 2026 For the first pretty calm Lao New Year in Georgia I thought about what gear to bring along. I gave my normal work cameras (Nikons and Canons) a rest and decided to shoot all Fujifilm as a challenge! So […]

Lao / Thai / Cambodian New Year Dates 2026 – Atlanta, GA and SE US

Sabaidee everyone, as is now tradition, here’s an evolving list of some of the Lao / Thai / Khmer New Year Festival events this 2026 season (in the Atlanta area and SE US mostly!). As of this posting, the dates are correct to the best of my knowledge, but always do your own checking of […]

Walk for Peace – Photos – Wat Lao Buddhakhanti – Snellville, GA

Walk for Peace Photos – Wat Lao Buddhakhanti Snellville, GA | December 31, 2025 Wednesday Photos (This Set) | Thursday Photos ⊹︵︵︵ ❀ ︵︵︵ ⊹ Event Coverage by Boon Vong | www.b-vong.com | @boonvongphotos Walk for Peace – Thak Baht and Sendoff Photos – Wat Lao Buddhakhanti If you enjoyed this photo essay, please check […]

Lao New Year 2025 – Thak Baht Photos – Snellville, GA

LAO NEW YEAR 2025Wat Buddha Khanti | Snellville, GASunday Photos | April 20, 2025⊹︵︵︵ ❀ ︵︵︵ ⊹ Hello everyone, I finally sat down and fully went through my photos from LNY back in April at Wat Buddha Khanti. You can find my highlight recap here. Thanks to those who enjoyed my photos and shared with […]

Wat Lao Khambounheuang – Baldwin, GA

Wat Lao Buddharam Khambounheuang Baldwin, GA | June 8, 2025 ⊹︵︵︵ ❀ ︵︵︵ ⊹ Just a quick stop by at the Baldwin temple on Sunday. This was a mere half day after that big storm rolled through Georgia. The rainbow circus tent that’s normally in the middle was whisked away, and in seeing the videos […]

Lao New Year 2025 Murfreesboto, TN Photos – Set 4 – RLCD

Wat Lao Buddharam 5214 Old Nashville Hwy, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 Sunday May 25, 2025 ︵‿︵‿❀‿︵‿︵ Part I is Here: Portraits and Color (Nikon) Part II is Here: Parade and People (Canon) Part III is Here: Partay Part IV: Royal Lao Classical Dancers www.instagram.com/rlcd_tnwww.tiktok.com/@rlcd_tn Royal Lao Classical Dancers www.instagram.com/rlcd_tnwww.tiktok.com/@rlcd_tn

Lao New Year 2025 Murfreesboro, TN Photos – Set 2

Wat Lao Buddharam 5214 Old Nashville Hwy, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 Sunday May 25, 2025 ︵‿︵‿❀‿︵‿︵ Part I is Here: Portraits and Color (Nikon) Part III is Here: Partay Part IV is Here: Royal Lao Classical Dancers Part II: Parade and People (Canon) Sabaidee everyone! Here are the photos of the parade festivities from my other […]

Lao New Year 2025 Murfreesboro, TN Photos – Set 1 – Nikon 200mm f2

Wat Lao Buddharam 5214 Old Nashville Hwy, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 Sunday May 25, 2025 ︵‿︵‿❀‿︵‿︵ Sabaidee everyone! Here are some of my photos from another huge turnout for Lao New Year up in Murfreesboro, TN. As usual I took several cameras up there, and I’m going to split up my posts. This first set will […]

Lao New Year 2025 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Snellville, GA – Sunday Photos – Part 1

~ LAO NEW YEAR ∽ Wat Lao Buddha Khanti ︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Snellville / Stone Mountain GA | Sunday April 20, 2025 -ˋˏ ༻❁༺ ˎˊ- Sabaidee everyone, here are 100 photo highlights while I work on the rest. I’ve been really behind on things, and normally I post photo recaps with waaay more images, but hopefully these […]

Lao New Year 2025 – Riverdale, GA

~ Lao New Year ∽ Wat Lao Buddhamoongcoon ︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Riverdale, GA | Sunday, April 13, 2025 It was a fun day in Riverdale. Thanks to Bre, Thomas, and others for the collab photo coverage. Today I brought the big 200mm lens, and some other ancient camera technology!! Sadly the 1 Megapixel Sony floppy disk camera […]

Atlanta Lantern Boat Festival Photos

Laotian American Societywww.lasga.org Clark’s Bridge Olympic Venue | Gainesville, GA | Nov 9, 2024 *~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~* I was only there for about 2 hours at the beginning but still managed to get about 200 keepers. Here they are in random order! Hopefully everyone had fun at the inaugural Atlanta Lantern Boat Festival, a multicultural event at […]

Lao New Year 2024 – Murfreesboro TN – Sunday Photos

∼ LAO NEW YEAR ∽Wat Lao Buddharam ︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Murfreesboro, TN | Sunday May 26, 2024 Event Coverage by Boon Vong. Yes I took all these photos except 1. 🙂 Photo credits/link back please if you use my images! Featuring: RLCD Royal Lao Classical Dancers • Kon Lao Loon Mai • LAS Laotian American Society (Atlanta) […]

Lao New Year 2024 – Saturday Photos – Wat Buddha Khanti

∼ LAO NEW YEAR ∽ Wat Lao Buddha Khanti ︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Snellville / Stone Mountain GA | Saturday April 20, 2024 Hello everyone, I’ve freely shared my photos with our amazing community for many years now. There are no ads on my website. I don’t make money on page views. I do this thing solo. It […]

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Boun Khod Sim Ceremony – Wat Sattha Dhamma – Alto, GA – Photos Part 3

Boun Khod Sim Ceremony – Wat Sattha Dhamma – Alto, GA – Photos Part 2

Boun Khod Sim Ceremony – Wat Sattha Dhamma – Alto, GA – Photos Part 1

Wat Lao Buddha Sattha Dhamma – Alto, GA – Sim Opening Photos