March 18, 2019

A new comprehensive overview of the Plain of Jars

Title:  Megalithic Jar Sites of Laos:  A Comprehensive Overview and New Discoveries
By:  Dougald O'Reilly, Louise Shewan, Julie Van Den Bergh, Samlane Luangaphay, Thonglith Luangkhoth
Publisher/Year:  Journal of Indo-Pacific Archeology, vol. 42 (2018)
Cost:  Free

Megalithic Jar Sites of Laos:  A Comprehensive Overview and New Discoveries

March 13, 2019

A treehouse in the water

ເຮືອນນ້ອຍ​ຢູ່​ນ້ຳໄຫລ A little treehouse above the blue waterfall cascades in Luangprabang, Laos.

March 10, 2019

Damaged Beauty

Damaged Lao Buddha statue
ເກົ໋າແລະຫັກແຕກເຕ່ວ່າຍັງງາມ
Lao  Buddha statues (above) and an old mandala mural painting on the wall of a temple (below).

March 08, 2019

A quaint village

A quaint village
ບ້ານກອງລານມວາງປາກແບງແຂວງອຸດົມໄຊ
Gonlang village, Pakbeng district, Oudomsai province, Laos.

March 07, 2019

International Women's Day

Young Lao women holding an umbrella
ວັນແມ່ຍິງສາກົນ March 8 is International Women's Day.
Celebrate it by showing appreciation to the wonderful women in your life! ♥️

March 06, 2019

Little village vignette

Little village vignette
ບ້ານສົບເລົ້າຢູ່ແຂວງຫົວພັນ
Soplao village (namnern), Houaphan province, Laos.

March 05, 2019

Good morning

Young Lao ethnic minority woman carrying a basket
ສະບາຍດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ

March 04, 2019

Good evening

Lao women seated
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ

March 02, 2019

Phouvong Jewlery Calendar 2019 - March

ປະຕິທິນຮ້ານຂາຍຄຳພູວົງປີ2019ເດືອນມີນາ
Phouvong Jewelry 2019 Calendar (month of March)

Laos' first museum dedicated entirely to wood carved artwork

Lao entrepreneur spends USD$20M to create Laos' first wood carving art museum. (Click image below to read more.  Source: Vientiane Times)

Vientiane Musem of Contemporary Art

One of Vientiane's newest art museums had its opening last week. Have a look at this FB post.