Lao New Year 2019 – Wat Sattha Dhamma – Habersham – Alto, GA

Wat Lao Sattha Dhamma May 11, 2019 Hi! My name is Boon. I’m an Atlanta based Artist. I draw, I take pictures! I’ve been covering events and documenting the multi ethnic Asian Pacific Islander community here in Georgia since 2004! Feel free to share with the links below. Thanks to all for posing for photos! […]

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Lao New Year 2019 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Snellville / Stone Mountain, GA – Pageant Event Photos

Lao New Year Wat Buddha Khanti 2019 Snellville (Stone Mountain), GA Event Photos by Boon Vong Hi! My name is Boon. I’m an Atlanta based Artist. I draw, I take pictures! I’ve been covering events and documenting the multi ethnic Asian Pacific Islander community here in Georgia since 2004! Feel free to share with the […]

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Lao New Year 2019 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Snellville / Stone Mountain, GA – Backdrop Photos

Lao New Year Wat Buddha Khanti 2019Snellville (Stone Mountain), GA – Backdrop Photos Next post will be my event photos!

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Lao New Year 2018 – Wat Sattha Dhamma – Habersham County, GA

May 13, 2018 | Alto, GA Hi! My name is Boon. I’m an Atlanta based Artist. I draw, I take pictures! I’ve been covering events and documenting the multi ethnic Asian Pacific Islander community here in Georgia since 2004! Feel free to share with the links below. Thanks to all for posing for photos! All […]

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Lao New Year 2018 – Wat Buddhamoongcoon – Riverdale, Georgia

Wat Lao Buddha Moongcoon | Lao New Year 4-15-2018 (2561)

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Lao New Year – Wat Conley 2014 – Saturday

Notes: Another rainy Saturday event for us, as LAS and our dance teams helped provide the culture portion of the evening.

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Wat Thai Buddha Bucha Songkarn / New Year 2014

Wat Buddha Bucha | 3094 Rainbow Drive | Decatur, GA 30034 | From the Songkarn, New Year Celebration on April 13, 2014. Lao/Thai/Cambodian/Burmese people share the same new year!

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5th International Lao New Year Festival : Lao Concert Recap – 2013

5th International Lao New Year Festival Haeng Jai Sinlapin Lao Concert May 4, 2013 | Richmond Auditorium | Richmond, CA www.laonewyear.com

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Lao New Year Stone Mountain 2013

Wat Buddha Khanti, Snellville, GA April 21-22, 2013

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Happy New Year: Wat Khmer 2013-04-15

Wat Khmer Cambodian New Year | Lithonia, GA

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Lao New Year 2555

I often wonder if all of my Lao New Year photos are actually doing more harm than good.  Because I don’t necessarily post images of what truly happens, when outsiders go to the temple/community center/fairgrounds, they might be in for a shock.  There are many things in the Lao community that I don’t agree with, […]

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Video: Lao New Year New Iberia

Short Video Clips from Lao New Year in New Iberia (Broussard), LA. First part shot with a Digital Harinezumi for the vintage look in contrast to the footage from the Canon 5D mk II + Nikon lens.

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Lao New Year 2011 – Broussard / New Iberia, Louisiana

Notes:  I never went to photojournalism school to learn my photography.  So in that way, I don’t have the code in which most of those types of shooters live by, the presenting of images unedited, without personal bias.  I don’t know if I could live by that photojournalistic prime directive.  I guess you could say […]

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Photos: Cambodian New Year 2011

Khmer New Year | Cambodian Buddhist Society | Lithonia, GA Hi! My name is Boon.  I’m an Atlanta based Artist.  I draw.  I take pictures.  I write. I’ve been covering events and documenting the multi ethnic Asian Pacific Islander community here in Georgia since 2004!  Feel free to share with the links below.  Thanks to […]

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Lao New Year 2010 – Wat Sattha Dhamma – Habersham County, GA

Wat Sattha Dhamma | Alto, GA Random Notes: Like most Lao things, humble beginnings on this one as well, but there aren’t many times in America these days where you can witness an old timey barn raising, people pulling together to build something.  Time will tell if this becomes a Lao “Bonnaroo” field, and more complaints from […]

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