Tag Archives: Lao Culture
Lao 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 […]
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~ 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 […]
Continue readingAtlanta Lantern Boat Festival Photos
Laotian American Societywww.lasga.org Clark’s Bridge Olympic Venue | Gainesville, GA | Nov 9, 2024 *~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~* I was only there for about 2 hours at the beginning but still managed to get about 200 keepers. Here they are in random order! Hopefully everyone had fun at the inaugural Atlanta Lantern Boat Festival, a multicultural event at […]
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Hmong Day 2024 Hmong Women Resource Alliance Victor Lord Park | Winder, GA | July 27, 2024 What a great event for the Hmong community last Saturday. There were free snacks and lunch for guests, and most importantly, free school supplies and a focus on the importance of education. Almost all the vendors were small […]
Continue readingSuwanee Asian Heritage Celebration – AANHPI – May 11, 2024
Suwanee AANHPI Heritage Celebration Town Center︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Suwanee GA | Saturday May 11, 2024 Celebrating Asian Heritage month in our own backyard of Suwanee! Only had time to stop by and cover for a few hours. Featuring performances by: Lion Dance • Phayanak Dance Crew • Laotian American Society Saturday was full of events as usual, […]
Continue readingAtlanta Dragon Boat Festival 2023 Photos
Hong Kong Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival September 9, 2023 | Gainesville, GA
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 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 – 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 readingLao / Thai / Cambodian New Year Dates 2023 – 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 2022 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Saturday Photos Set 1
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 readingK&J Lao Wedding – 11-27-2021 Factory Atlanta
Here are my photos as a guest from the wedding on Saturday. Everyone knows it’s impossible for me to show up at any event (work or otherwise) without a camera (or two/three) in hand. Thanks to my “interns” Bounsa and Cecilia for helping out! Hopefully the ice cream at Frosty Caboose was fair compensation. 🙂
Continue readingDunwoody Lao Cultural Performance + Tum Pok Pok!
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month here in good old Georgia. Thanks to the city of Dunwoody for hosting a small pop up event that allowed our girls to showcase their talents and passion for their heritage. Dinner was at the new Tum Pok Pok off Buford Hwy near City Farmer’s Market. Pretty […]
Continue readingQuarantine Design Project: “Fake” Lao New Year Magazine!
Today I made a “fake” Travel Magazine cover featuring Lao/Thai/Khmer New Year, using all my photos and media!! Alas, this year there’s nothing of the sort. Oh well, hope everyone is sitting safe in their homes watching some good movies.
Continue readingLACSGA 4th Annual Gala – 2020
Lao Asian Community Services of Georgia4th Annual Fundraising Event Santa Fe Ballroom | Duluth, GA | March 14, 2020 facebook.com/lacsga.org Featuring: Mod Daeng Jiraporn, Spencer, Toula, Ta Event Coverage by: Boon Vong and Ek Vong Bonus Video Clips!
Continue readingMiss Universe Laos Farewell Dinner
December 9, 2019 Lunch @ I Luv Hot Pot | Duluth, GA It was another fun evening down here in Atlanta. I missed the Miss Universe Pageant this past weekend, but it was very nice to cover this farewell gathering and have bookends to a pretty neat experience for our Lao community. Big thanks to […]
Continue readingCK+KV | Lao Wedding | Teasers :) | #vongoflove
CK+KV | Wedding Teasers 🙂 | #vongoflove 10-19-2019 | Washington D.C. <3
Continue readingAtlanta Dragon Boat Festival 2019 Photos
Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival | Saturday September 7, 2019 | Olympic Venue Clark’s Bridge | Gainesville, GA Congrats to our friends, the Mekong Dragons for winning this year’s Atlanta Dragon Boat Race! (And we also placed in the top 10 out of 80 teams! Finally after 14 years of participating!!) Event Coverage from the perspective […]
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3-02-19 | Blue Moon Event Hall | Duluth, 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 […]
Continue readingAtlanta Dragon Boat Festival 2018 Photos
Event Coverage of the 2018 Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival, held annually after Labor Day in Gainesville, GA. Please join us next year!
Continue readingLao 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 […]
Continue readingLao New Year 2018 – Wat Buddhamoongcoon – Riverdale, Georgia
Wat Lao Buddha Moongcoon | Lao New Year 4-15-2018 (2561)
Continue readingLao Cambodian Thai New Year Dates 2016 – Georgia
Festival Dates for the Months of April and May, 2016
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