Category Archives: Lao Culture
Lao New Year 2010 – Wat Buddha Moongcoon – Riverdale, GA
Tech Notes: 24-105mm IS on the Canon, 70-200 VR on the Nikon, and infrared Sigma. Great combo. Maybe since I’ve been playing Final Fantasy XIII so much, with its 3 person fighting structure, figuring out tools for the bag is like setting up your characters for a battle. Cars and cameras are similar and oddly enough cameras are […]
Continue reading2nd International Lao New Year 2010 – Miss Lao International Pageant
2nd International Lao New Year | San Francisco Miss Lao International Pageant | Whitcomb Hotel Ballroom Miss Lao International 2010 Dolene Simmalavong Miss Lao International Dolene Simmalavong 1st Princess Aleta Rattanasith (L) 2nd Princess Busaba Sisounthone (R) Amy Chanthaphavong, current reigning Miss Asian America, addressing the crowd. The winner tonight will go on to compete […]
Continue reading2nd International Lao New Year 2010 – Performers
2nd International Lao New Year | San Francisco Here are some photos of this year’s performers at the Lao New Year in San Fran. Photos by me, if anyone uses them, please credit me or my site pretty please. Captions and of course thoughts by me as well, please note that taking pictures is much […]
Continue reading2nd International Lao New Year: Closing Gala – 2010
2nd International Lao New Year | San Francisco Whitcomb Hotel Ballroom
Continue reading2nd International Lao New Year 2010 – Prelude
2nd International Lao New Year | San Francisco Pre-festival and practicing photos from this year’s Lao New Year in San Fran. Photos by me, if anyone uses them, please credit me or my site pretty please. Captions and of course thoughts by me as well, please note that taking pictures is much easier than performing and organizing […]
Continue readingLao’d and Proud
Notes: All the images are screengrabs (D90 Movies) from a few weeks ago at our local Korean coffee shop with ai Thavisouk…I’ve wanted to do this type of documentary work for awhile now, just gathering some like minded people and sitting them in front of the camera. Granted the environment wasn’t the most serene, but when a […]
Continue readingThe Betrayal
“…On the street they call me, you Chink, you Japanese, you Chinese, you Korean, you dumb Cambodian, What the F*** are you doing here? Go home.” That’s a powerful line from ai Thavisouk’s film “The Betrayal.” Not too long ago I was at a football game at my old college. I was just walking by […]
Continue readingPhotos: Atlanta Asian Film Festival – 2009
Notes: Very cool to have our Laotian people (both Lao and Hmong) on center stage with a packed house, and you could feel the energy in the room when the trailer for The Betrayal was shown…yeah, slowly but surely our people’s shared story is being known worldwide. More pix coming soon.
Continue readingPhotos: Lao Heritage Foundation Fundraiser 2009
Lao Heritage Foundation 5th Year Fundraiser | September 19, 2009 | Alexandria, VA Notes: The LHF preserves and promotes Lao culture through visual arts, dance, and music. In addition to connecting with people I’d only “passed by” online, it was nice just being around a good selection of creative Lao folk. Master Khaen player Bounseung Synanonh was there, along with Thavisouk […]
Continue readingAtlanta Dragon Boat Festival 2009 Photos
Hong Kong Association Dragon Boat Atlanta Festival September 12, 2009 | Lake Lanier, Gainesville, GA Notes: We didn’t do so bad. Rowed in all three races and still had time to take photos. Saturday turned out to be blazing hot, but the Vietnamese Nón lá (conical hat) beats any tattered baseball cap. Thanks to the […]
Continue readingLao New Year 2009 – Wat Lao Habersham
Wat Lao Buddhakhambouneheuang | May 30-31, 2009 | Baldwin, GA | Habersham County
Continue readingLao New Year 2009 – Wat Buddha Moongcoon – Riverdale, GA
Lao New Year 2009 | Wat Lao Buddhamoongcoon | Riverdale, GA
Continue readingInternational Lao New Year 2009 – San Francisco, CA – Festival Photos
International Lao New Year Festival San Francisco, California | April 11, 2009 Presented by: Center for Lao Studies Laotian American National Alliance Lao Heritage Foundation Sabaidee Pii Mai!
Continue readingInternational Lao New Year 2009 – San Francisco, CA – Opening
International Lao New Year Opening Ceremony Novato Arts Center at Hamilton Field | Novato, California The opening ceremony was quite moving, hearing stories and memories from the various men and women who worked as volunteers at the base that was the original housing and processing center for thousands of Lao refugees. I found out later […]
Continue reading…things that have been on my mind…
A few weeks ago we went to visit our old sponsors. It's something most Lao people are familiar with, having an American family adopt us or help bring us over from the refugee camps. Over time, we grew up and moved away, while most of them passed away.
Continue readingRoyal Lao Classical Dancers
Royal Lao Classical Dancers Clarence Brown Theatre | UTK, Knoxville, Tennessee
Continue readingPhotos: LAS Ball 2009
It was another busy night at this year’s LAS Ball, but it was a pleasure meeting former US Ambassador to the UN, Mr. Sichan Siv. You’re probably wondering, what’s a party going to do to solve most of the problems in the world? Probably not much of anything, but the ability to congregate as one community is […]
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