{"id":2170,"date":"2009-04-16T02:01:50","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T06:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2024-04-07T17:37:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T21:37:09","slug":"international-lao-new-year-festival-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/international-lao-new-year-festival-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"International Lao New Year 2009 &#8211; San Francisco, CA &#8211; Festival Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2171\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/international-lao-new-year-festival-photos\/w_bvong_pix_ilny_3\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/w_bvong_pix_ilny_3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,4546\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"w_bvong_pix_ilny_3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/w_bvong_pix_ilny_3.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2171\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/w_bvong_pix_ilny_3.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"4546\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laonewyear.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black,avant garde;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">International Lao New Year Festival<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">San Francisco, California | April 11, 2009<br \/>\nPresented by:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laostudies.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Center for Lao Studies<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lana-usa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Laotian American National Alliance<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laoheritagefoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Lao Heritage Foundation<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Sabaidee Pii Mai!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26603\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/international-lao-new-year-festival-photos\/b-vong-com_multi_laony01\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/b-vong.com_multi_laony01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,588\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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