Happy lunar new year for some Asian countries

The program opened with a Lam vong dancing act performance
by Lao students who are learning in Vietnam

 Mr. Dao Van Binh, Chairman of the Hanoi Union of Friendship
Organizations addressed the event

 Representatives from Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and Buddhist monks
and nuns from Laos and India held an incense-offering ceremony
before the Buddha altar

 And carried out the Buddha Bathing Ritual, an important ritual in the
traditional lunar new year of countries including Laos, Thailand,
Cambodia and Myanmar

 The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the People’s
Democratic Republic of Laos carried out the Buddha Bathing Ritual

 The deputies together participated in the “Lao sacred thread ritual”
(the ritual of tying thread around the wrist), a integral ritual in
the Lao traditional lunar new year

 The monks tie thread around the wrist to wish deputies happiness and luck

 The event was attended by crowds of monks from Laos and Thailand

 Deputies exchanged and performed the Lam vong dance with
the Laos’ artists and students in Vietnam

 On behalf of international friends, the Indian ambassador to Vietnam,
Mr Ranjit Rae, expressed appreciation to the organizing board
for holding the exchange program