Category Archives: Lao Thai Khmer New Year
Lao New Year 2024 – Stone Mountain – Saturday Preview Photos – Wat Buddha Khanti
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 costs me time and resources for web hosting. My site is an archive of the cool and lovely things that […]
Continue readingLao New Year – Riverdale GA 2024
~ Lao New Year ∽ Wat Lao Buddhamoongcoon ︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Riverdale, GA | Sunday, April 14, 2024 That was a fun “low key” Lao New Year/Boun Pimay at Wat Riverdale on Sunday. Thanks to Aaliyah and Brianna for being the first models of the day! 😉 Great performances by the LDA Lao Dance Association, it was […]
Continue reading20 Years of Lao New Year? How did that happen?
Hello everyone, I just realized something today while going through photos. I’ve been taking pictures at the various Lao New Year festivals for 20 years now(!). Yes, that is truly insane to think about. The above photo is from Stone Mountain on April 18 of 2004 and the bottom photo was this past Sunday at […]
Continue readingMiss Cambodia Georgia – CAAG – 2024
Miss Cambodia Georgia Pageant Cambodian American Association of Georgia www.cambodia-ga.org April 16, 2024 | I Luv Bowling Event Space | Duluth, GA Thanks for the invite, glad I got to attend! Congrats to all the brave ladies that competed, it’s definitely a tough thing to put yourself up for judging! Everyone did great with their […]
Continue readingThai New Year – Wat Buddha Bucha 2024
Wat Buddha Bucha Thai New Year Songkran April 7, 2024 | Decatur, GA The L/T/C New Year “season” here in Georgia normally begins at the Thai temple and runs all the way to Memorial Day(!) when folks everywhere congregate up in TN. Today had brisk cool weather and a large turnout for the alms giving […]
Continue readingLao / Thai / Cambodian New Year Dates 2024 – Atlanta, GA and SE US
Hello everyone, here’s a working list of some of the Lao / Thai / Khmer New Year Festival events this season (in the SE US at least). As of this posting, the dates are correct to the best of my knowledge, but always do your own checking of the various social media sites to see […]
Continue readingLao New Year 2023 at Wat Buddharam – Murfreesboro, TN – Sunday Photos
Sabaidee 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 costs me time and resources for web hosting. My site is an archive of the cool and lovely things that […]
Continue readingLao New Year 2023 at Wat Buddharam – Murfreesboro, TN – Video
Lao New Year at Wat Buddharam – Murfreesboro, TNSunday May 28, 2023 ( The photo slideshow begins at the 48:00 minute mark ) I took a day trip to Tennessee for the last and quite possibly the BIGGEST Lao New Year festival in the US! What an impressive showing of culture and fun from so […]
Continue readingLao New Year 2023 at Wat Sattha Dhamma Video – Alto, GA
Lao New Year at Wat Sattha Dhamma – Alto, GAMay 20-21, 2023 Another super long cut of my photos + videos from a fun LNY weekend out in the country! 😉
Continue readingLao New Year 2023 Video Recap – Wat Buddha Khanti – Snellville, GA
LAO NEW YEAR 2023Wat Lao Buddhakhanti | Snellville, GA | April 23, 2023 If you have loads of time, please check out my video recap of this past weekend. These are the clips I shot as well as photos. It’s 1hr and 24mins that shows the realness of our crazy/lovely/vibrant fun loving Lao culture. 🙂
Continue readingLao New Year 2023 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Sunday Photos
LAO NEW YEAR 2023Wat Lao Buddhakhanti | Snellville, GA | April 23, 2023 If you have loads of time, please check out my video recap of this past weekend. These are the clips I shot as well as photos. It’s 1hr and 24mins that shows the realness of our crazy/lovely/vibrant fun loving Lao culture. 🙂 […]
Continue readingLao New Year 2023 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Saturday Photos
LAO NEW YEAR 2023Wat Lao Buddhakhanti | Snellville, GA | April 22, 2023 If you have loads of time, please check out my video recap of this past weekend. These are the clips I shot as well as photos. It’s 1hr and 24mins that shows the realness of our crazy/lovely/vibrant fun loving Lao culture. […]
Continue readingWat Khmer of Georgia New Year – Lithonia, GA – 2023-04-16
Cambodian Buddhist Temple of Georgia Khmer New Year April 16, 2023 | Lithonia, GA
Continue readingKhmer New Year – Wat Trairatanaram – 2023-04-16
Khmer New Year Wat Trairatanaram | April 16, 2023 | Atlanta, GA Happy Lao / Thai / Cambodian New Year everyone! Here’s the first stop on Sunday, the amazingly ornate Cambodian temple off Riverdale Rd on the southside of Atlanta. For some photos I went with a more pastel editing to complement the lovely colors […]
Continue readingKhmer New Year – Wat Sovannkiri – 2023-04-09
Khmer New YearWat Sovannkiri | Snellville, GA | April 9, 2023 Hello everyone, it was a windy Easter Sunday for the first (of many) T/L/C New Year celebrations for our lovely state of Georgia. Thanks to everyone for posing and thanks to Wat Sovannkiri for being kind and welcoming to all. I brought along many […]
Continue readingLao New Year 2022 – Pageant Reunion – Alto, GA
Wat Lao Buddha Sattha Dhamma Sunday May 22, 2022 | Alto, GA It was a short stay on Sunday, but very cool idea on having a pageant winner reunion! Gear Used: Canon EOS RP and Nikon 105mm 1.4E (all manual focus!), Fuji X100, and Olympus E-M1, rolling with odd gear on this very hot and […]
Continue readingLao New Year 2022 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Snellville / Stone Mountain, GA – Sunday Photos
Wat Lao Buddha Khanti | April 24, 2022 Hey that was a pretty fun return to the sensory overload that is LNY on thak baht Sunday. I hope all the out of town guests and new faces that I saw felt welcome in our crazy festival atmosphere. I didn’t bring my usual camera gear, but […]
Continue readingLao New Year 2022 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Saturday Photos Set 2
LNY Evening Photos 📷 by Me and Chalita Lao New Year 2022 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Saturday Photos Set 1
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LNY Daytime Photos 📷 by Me and Chalita Lao New Year 2022 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Saturday Photos Set 2
Continue readingLao New Year 2022 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Snellville / Stone Mountain, GA – Saturday Photos – Preview
Sabaidee Pii Mai everyone. Here are a few teaser photos from myself and Chalita from Saturday’s pre festivities. Thanks to the young folks and little ones for keeping the dance culture going. More photos to come as I slowly go through them and edit and color correct. Lao New Year 2022 – Wat Buddha Khanti […]
Continue readingWat Khmer New Year 2022 – Cambodian Buddhist Society Inc
Cambodian Buddhist Temple of Georgia – Khmer New YearCambodian Buddhist Society Inc6533 Rock Springs RdStonecrest, GA 30038 Sunday April 17, 2022 It turned out to be a lovely day at the Cambodian temple in Lithonia/Stonecrest. Great running into the Mey family and also going on a mini adventure to Arabia Mountain for quick family photos. […]
Continue readingSongkarn Thai New Year 2022 – Wat Buddha Bucha – Decatur, GA – 2022-04-10
Songkarn Thai New YearWat Buddha BuchaApril 10, 2022 | Decatur, GA Here are some photos from our adventure this past Sunday. It was a Thai themed day, beginning with a stop at Wat Buddha Bucha to celebrate songkarn and get some blessings, to trying the new Surina Thai place in Doraville. The food was very […]
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