The bride, with her mother holding her baby, having baci strings tied on her

When baci strings are tied on one of your wrists, you should always have the other wrist up in prayer position like she does here.

An Incredibly Fun Lao Baby and Wedding Party

June 20th 2008
All of a sudden, as happens with all lao weddings, it was time for my lao family’s wedding and baby party. Lao people don’t send out wedding invites months before as we do in America. Oh no, numerous times, I watched these invites show up at the guesthouse, set for dates the next day. In addition, I had wrongly assumed that my the mother and father in my family were already married, since they ... read more

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more

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