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Wednesday may 1, 2024 | Labour Day | Secular holiday | |
Wednesday may 22, 2024 | Visakha Bucha | Buddhism (Theravada) | |
Thursday may 23, 2024 | Vesak - Buddha Purnima - Visakha Bucha | Events, celebrations... | |
Monday june 3, 2024 | Children's Day | School holidays | |
Sunday june 16, 2024 | Fathers' Day | cards/flowers | |
Friday june 28, 2024 | Summer holiday (beginning) - French schools | School holidays | |
Saturday july 20, 2024 | Khao Pansa / Esala Poya (Buddhist Fast begins) | Buddhism (Theravada) | |
Monday july 22, 2024 | Lao Women Union's Day | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday september 3, 2024 | Summer holiday (end) - French schools | School holidays | |
Thursday october 3, 2024 | Mid-Autumn festival | Events, celebrations... | |
Monday october 7, 2024 | Foundation Day | Banks only | |
Thursday october 17, 2024 | Bouk ok Pansa (Buddhist Fast ends) | Buddhism (Theravada) | |
Friday october 18, 2024 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools | School holidays | |
Labour Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday :
Visakha Bucha
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Wednesday may 22, 2024
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
Vesak - Buddha Purnima - Visakha Bucha
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Thursday may 23, 2024
Culture :
Children's Day
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Monday june 3, 2024
School holidays : Originated in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925.
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 16, 2024
cards/flowers :
Summer holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday june 28, 2024
School holidays :
Khao Pansa / Esala Poya (Buddhist Fast begins)
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Saturday july 20, 2024
Buddhism (Theravada) : For a period of 3 months, Buddhists priests have to meditate in temples and observe strict rules. Young men are also enrolled in temples on that day, until Auk Phansa -- full moon of October, the official end of the rainy season.
Lao Women Union's Day
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Monday july 22, 2024
Secular holiday : Lao Womens Union (LWU) is a mass and social organization of women at all strata
throughout Lao P.D.R. It is part of Lao Peoples Democratic Republic system. It was
officially established in 1955. The history of LWU was closely attached to the countrys
history for national liberation and development.
Summer holiday (end) - French schools
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Tuesday september 3, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-Autumn festival
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Thursday october 3, 2024
Culture :
Foundation Day
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Monday october 7, 2024
Banks only : Marks the anniversary of the establishment of the Central Treasury during the Civil War
Bouk ok Pansa (Buddhist Fast ends)
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Thursday october 17, 2024
Buddhism (Theravada) : Bouk Khao Pansa marks the end of Buddhist Lent and all those couples who had been putting off marriage now rush into each other's arms. Monks are free to travel from kyaung to kyaung or to go on pilgrimage to holy spots. in Vientiane only
Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday october 18, 2024
School holidays :