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Culture : Celebrates the end of the harvest season

Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

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Schooling in Laos is mandatory till age 12
Teaching languages: Lao
schools may remain open on Saturday
school uniforms not required

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cards/flowers : At New Year during the night, the Jade Emperor conveyed all animals. Only 12 showed up. To thank them, Buddha dedicated one symbolic year per visitor. Each new born would inherit the relevant animal's characteristics.

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Culture : A successor to the Communist Party of Indochina, the Lao People's Party was founded on 22 March, 1955.

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Secular holiday : Pi Mai means New Year . Ceremonial cleansing away of the old years sins with water. Temples are visited and Buddha's are washed and a huge water fight starts. No one is safe from gangs equipped with water balloons and water guns. For three days the normally streets of Vientiane and other towns are full with drunk and/or drugged people. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

Secular holiday : Pi Mai means New Year . Ceremonial cleansing away of the old years sins with water. Temples are visited and Buddha's are washed and a huge water fight starts. No one is safe from gangs equipped with water balloons and water guns. For three days the normally streets of Vientiane and other towns are full with drunk and/or drugged people. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

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Buddhism (Theravada) : This day is a Buddhist public holiday. This day commemorates the birth, the enlightment and the death (entry into the nirvana) of Buddha. Temples through the country are crowded with people listening to sermons about Dharma (Buddha's teaching) and in the evening there is a candlelit procession around the main building of the temple containing the Buddha statues. http://www.thaiworldview.com/feast/feast.htm

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School holidays : Originated in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925.

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