Tag Archives: Asian Culture
Lao 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 readingAsian American Pacific Islander Heritage Celebration Suwanee – Photos
Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month Suwanee Town Center | Suwanee, GA | May 19, 2023 Another great time in our backyard. Featuring some K-Pop singers, Indian Dancing, Lao Dancing, and the highlight for me was definitely the hanfu traditional clothing. Everyone looked like they stepped out of a silk painting. Thanks everyone for posing!
Continue readingAPAC Gala – 2023-05-13 – Sonesta
38th Annual APAC GalaAsian/Pacific American Council of GeorgiaMay 13, 2023 | Sonesta | Duluth, GA
Continue readingGwinnett Multicultural Festival – 2023-05-13
Gwinnett Multicultural FestivalMay 13, 2023 | Gwinnett Place Mall Featuring Performances by: First Baptist DuluthAlma Mexicana AtlantaKay SoulLaotian American SocietyLawrenceville Elementary School Dance EnsemblePhayanak Dance CrewAtlanta Korean Cultural Center
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 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 readingDecatur International Festival on the Square – Photos – 2023-03-18
Decatur International Festival on the SquareSaturday March 18, 2023 | Decatur, GA Happy 200th Birthday to the city of Decatur! Some of my photos from a brisk but lovely sunny day on the square. In my short stay I captured photos of the Korean Drummers and Dancers, Indian Bharatanatyam Dancers, and Thai Dancers. Great job […]
Continue readingChin National Day 2023 and Miss CND – Atlanta
75th Chin National Day February 18, 2023 | Gujarati Samaj | Tucker, GA Thanks again for the invite to CND! All Photos by Boon Vong, feel free share the post on your own accounts but with proper credit. Anyone needing photos in the future LMK! It was so nice seeing the traditional garb from […]
Continue readingHmong New Year Georgia 2022
Hmong New Year GeorgiaAmerican Legion Fairgrounds1317 E. Church Street, Monroe, GA 30655
Continue reading2022 Atlanta Korean Festival Photos
2022 Atlanta Korean FestivalSeptember 10, 2022 | Norcross, GAThe Korean American Association of Greater Atlanta 애틀랜타 한인회 Event Photography by Boon Vong | @boonvongphotos I had a great time at the Atlanta Korean Festival on Saturday! Luckily there wasn’t a huge rainstorm to ruin the outside stuff. Such a fun time at this Dance Party+Food […]
Continue readingAPAC Gala 2022
37th Annual APAC Unity Gala Asian Pacific American Council of Georgia www.apacga.org APAC of GA is the consortium of 15 countries coming together to help promote the Asian Culture in Georgia. Saturday May 21, 2022 | Hilton Peachtree Corners Here are my photos from my perspective as a “guest!” 🙂 Thanks of course to everyone […]
Continue readingGwinnett Multicultural Fest 2022
Gwinnett Place Mall | Saturday, May 14, 2022 Stopped by for about an hour before heading off on a fun adventure around town, but I’m glad Gwinnett county had a festival to showcase our diversity. Here’s hoping once they decide on what to do with the old mall that it will be a nice inviting […]
Continue readingNACA Spring Festival 2022
National Association of Chinese AmericansSpring Festival 2022 – Lunar New Year Banquet www.naca-atlanta.orgCanton House | Chamblee, GA | May 7, 2022 Event Photography by: Boon Vong & Ek Vong
Continue readingRandom Food!
Here are random things that I’ve been fortunate enough to have eaten recently from our lovely food paradise that is Metro Atlanta! I know I’m biased, but until you’ve driven around looking around for good Asian food in cities around the southeast, you don’t know how good we got it. Anyways, here’s random dishes I […]
Continue readingJohns Creek International Festival 2022 Photos
Here are some of my photos of the Johns Creek Intl Festival from this past Saturday 4-30-22. Thanks to all who posed for photos! Everyone did a great job on stage. I definitely enjoyed the music from the School of Rock (The covers of “Rebel Yell” and “Bullet with Bufferfly Wings” was crazy!). There was […]
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 – 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 readingInternational Night Market Suwanee – 2022-04-22
International Night MarketGlow in the Park Suwanee, GA | April 22, 2022 Some of my photos from a fun night right in our backyard! Great seeing everyone and catching up with friends. The festival is still going on today (Saturday) and should be an even busier and more packed day. Get out there early to […]
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 […]
Continue readingHoli Color Festival – Yugal Kunj – Radha Krishna Temple – 2022-03-19 – Duluth, GA
Holi Color Festival Yugal Kunj Radha Krishna Temple and Community Center Duluth, GA | March 19, 2022 Wow what a fun event! I didn’t get to stay long, but here are photos of the friendly folks I met on Saturday’s festival of color. I can’t believe I’ve never experienced this celebration that’s right down the […]
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