Celebrating Tet, Vietnamese New Year, in Laos - Luang Prabang, Laos
February 6th 2008 All this week has been a celebration of Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, by Lao residents of Vietnamese descent. The grandmother at my guesthouse, who I have become very fond of, was born in Vietnam and has been arranging a special dinner. (In Laos, most visitors stay in guesthouses, which are like small hotels inhabited by the families who own and manage them).
Children have been making fires in
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