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Boun Khod Sim Ceremony – Wat Sattha Dhamma – Alto, GA – Photos Part 2
Boun Khod Sim Ceremony Wat Lao Buddha Sattha Dhamma – Alto, GA Saturday June 13, 2026 Photos Part 2 Event Coverage by Boon Vong | www.b-vong.com | @boonvongphotos
Continue readingBoun 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 | […]
Continue readingLao New Year Murfreesboro TN 2026 Photos
~ Lao New Year ∽ Wat Lao Buddharam ︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Murfreesboro, TN | Sunday May 24, 2026 Took a “quick” daytrip to Murfreesboro for the last (finally!) Lao New Year of the season. Here are some fun moments before the rains came. The monsoon on the drive home to ATL was crazy! Thanks to everyone for […]
Continue readingGwinnett Multicultural Festival Photos
Gwinnett Multicultural Festival and County Gov Open HouseMay 2, 2026 | Sugarloaf Mills A set of photos from a few weeks back that I forgot about! Glad to see the diversity in our great county. Also glad the event was right down the street from me! Great job by all the performers.
Continue readingLao 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 […]
Continue readingLao New Year Snellville 2026 – Sunday Photos
~ Lao New Year ∽ Wat Lao Buddha Khanti ︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Snellville, GA | Sunday, April 26, 2026
Continue readingLao New Year Snellville 2026 – Saturday Photos
~ Lao New Year ∽ Wat Lao Buddha Khanti ︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Snellville, GA | Saturday, April 25, 2026 Hello everyone here are my photos from Saturday’s Partay! Congrats to all the pageant winners and big thanks to the volunteers and performers for keeping this wild and fun tradition going.
Continue readingLao 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 […]
Continue readingLao New Year Pageant Pre Photos
Thanks to everyone for coming out to our Pre Lao New Year/”Lao Prom” photo shoot! 🙂 It was a nice walk around the park during peak flower season. Bonus Photos/Videos from the little Kodak Charmera!
Continue readingStone Mountain Park – Lunar New Year Finale Photos – Sun 3-01-26
🧧✨🏮✨🏮🐎🏮✨🏮✨🧧Finale Photos from Sunday March 1, 2026 Event Coverage by Boon Vong | www.b-vong.com @boonvongphotos
Continue readingLao / 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 […]
Continue readingRandom Dance 2025 – Animated GIFs
Hello everyone, I did shoot some video throughout the year at my random events. Don’t know what to totally do with all those hours of footage, but here are some clips in looping animated GIF form. Just wanted to revisit the idea of having some clips here and there for future recap posts. Spoiler alert, […]
Continue readingWalk for Peace – Thak Baht and Sendoff Photos – Wat Lao Buddhakhanti
Walk for Peace Thak Baht Alms Giving and Sendoff Wat Lao Buddhakhanti | Snellville, GA January 1, 2026 Wednesday Photos | Thursday Photos (This Set) ⊹︵︵︵ ❀ ︵︵︵ ⊹ Event Coverage by Boon Vong | www.b-vong.com @boonvongphotos
Continue readingWalk 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 […]
Continue readingAtlanta Dragon Boat Festival – 2025 Photos
HK Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival www.dragonboatatlanta.com Lanier Olympic Park | Gainesville, GA | Sept 6, 2025 ‚‘⚡⛈️🌊🐉🚣🚣🌞🚣🚣🐉🌊⛈️⚡‚‘ Event Coverage by: Boon Vong It was another fun day out on Lake Lanier at the Dragon Boat Festival. Great job by the organizers, participants and community. Sadly the torrential rain canceled the finals, the first in this […]
Continue readingDragon Boat Atlanta Practice – 2025-08-24
Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival Practice Lake Lanier Olympic Park | Gainesville, GA | Aug 24, 2025 🌊🐉🚣🚣🚣☀️🚣🚣🚣🐉🌊 Hello everyone, finally made it out to watch the practice of the various teams for the upcoming annual HK Atlanta Dragon Boat that’s in a few weeks. It’s definitely a fun experience that we’ve been participating and contributing […]
Continue readingDuluth Multicultural Week – Laotian American Society Performances
Duluth Multicultural Week Parson’s Alley Duluth, GA | August 9, 2025 The K-Pop contest ended before sunset and that led right into LAS’s portion across the street at Parson’s Alley. It was pretty dark in that area, but good job everyone on the performances!
Continue readingHmong Day 2025 Photos
Hmong Day 2025 Hmong Women Resource Alliance Victor Lord Park | Winder, GA | July 19, 2025 Laotian American Society • Ntxhais Hmoob Kajsiab (NHK)
Continue readingWat 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 […]
Continue readingSuwanee Asian Festival 2025 Photos
Suwanee Asian Festival 2025 Photos Suwanee Town Center | Sat June 7, 2025 | www.suwaneeasianfestival.com Featuring Performances by: Sydney Anderson • Hyper Angels • Mood Ring • Unique Dance Academy • Laotian American Society • Garima Dance Academy • Ntxhais Hmoob Kajsiab (NHK) • Leala Ho • Ankita • Emmy Young • The Atlanta Drama […]
Continue readingLao 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 […]
Continue readingLao 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 […]
Continue readingHelp Our Veterans Event – March 23, 2025
75th Royal Lao Armed Forces Day Celebration Vet for Life | March 23, 2025 | Canton House | Duluth, GA A ceremony honoring the 50,000 fallen soldiers of the Kingdom of Laos, 700 U.S. Service members, 3,000 Thai troops and 5,000 South Vietnamese troops that fell in Laos; and recognizing all the heroes of every […]
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