Happy Lao New Year to you, and your loved ones (even if you are not a Laotian). The international year 2012 is the year 2555 on the Lao calendar.

May the second half of the year 2012 and the Lao New Year 2555 bring many great financial prosperity and opportunities your way, to explore every joy of life and may your resolutions for the days ahead stay firm, turning all your dreams into reality and all your efforts into great achievements.



Happy Lao New Year (April 14-16)

Look very fun. In some part of US it's still too cold to pour water. Thank for loading the picture Admins

I was only able to take pictures after I got out of the crowd cause it was shoulder to shoulder in that sea of people. People were throwing and spraying ice cold water which made you jump. I saw water guns everywhere. I took a taxi home instead of a tuk tuk that day cause people were waiting to soak you at every corner of every street. Fun times.

You look like a fit, tanned and handsome man.

No worries..plenty of water from the Mekong River!

So developed countries are the only ones allowed to "waste" water? I don't think anyone should be "wasting" water. I see it on the news all the time about water shortages in the US. They even have bylaws preventing you from watering your grass, commercials telling you to conserve electricity and water. Las Vegas is in need of a water supply and they are trying to bring it from Canada which so happens to have one of the largest supply of fresh water in the world. Some say that the next war is not going to be over oil but rather, fresh water.
I don't really see anything being wasted when it has a purpose, and in this case, this is how they choose to use it. I think people around me waste gas by driving over 50 miles to work everyday but if they can afford it then that's their perogative. If Laos people have enough water to drink and are able to pour it on each others head, then that's their perogative. If water is not to be wasted, then how should it be used?
People think that Laos is still developing, true, every country is continuing to develop but the mentality that beggars can't be choosers is not the case here.

Three days, but look there's nothing to stop you from pouring water on other people during any day of the year.

Pouring water outside the Lao New Year period won't get you arrested, but the recipient of the water spray will give you some verbal abuse, and may even knock your tooth out.