Learn Lao sign language basics - greetings

Episode 10 ການທັກທາຍ Greetings

Source: ຫ້ອງຮຽນພາສາມືລາວ Lao Sign Language Learning Room, 2023

Laos' Incredible Silk

Source:  Slice, April 7, 2024

Follow the story of Anou, a 30 year old grandson of an exiled aristocratic family, who moves back to Laos after having lived in France his entire life.  His family had specialized in textile weaving - something Anou continues with great interest.

Every mention of Laos in American movies

Source:  ScreenAnalysis, 2022

Satu - New Lao movie getting a lot of buzz

Source:  Jawbreaker Films

FREE BOOK - The Laotian Cook: Traditional Recipes From Northern Laos

Title:  The Laotian Cook:  Traditional Recipes From Northern Laos - With voices from the smallholder farmers supported by IFAD and GAFSP-funded projects
By:  Camilla Zanzanaini and Ritik Joshi
Lao translation by:  Vinata Sayavong
Publisher, Year:  International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 2023
Cost:  FREE (download links below)

Image:  Book cover

This book truly does a great deal.  It beautifully encompasses promoting Lao food, the farmers, and IFAD's programs - all in one.

Blue Chair - the Luang Prabang film festival returned in 2024

In December 2-9, 2024, Luang Prabang saw the return of its film festival, which had been renamed Blue Chair Film Festival 2 years ago.  At the beginning of 2024, we wrote about our hopes that it would return and thankfully it did.

Explosion rocks Nami village in Oudomxay - see the explosion and the aftermath

The number of casualties are still to be fully confirmed but most sources are reporting at least one  person is dead and several injured.  The explosion took place in Ban Nami, Muang Xay, Oudomxay province.  Here's a video of the explosion.

Source:  ອ.ອ້າຍນຸ ຄົນໂຕດຳ via Facebook, February 14, 2025