Laos' world heritage town celebrates Festival of Floating Boats of Light

Xinhua, October 13, 2022
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Drone photo shows people lighted lanterns in the ancient town of Luang Prabang, a world heritage site, to float on Mekong River on Oct. 11, 2022.

The Festival of Floating Boats of Light (Boun Lai Heua Fai) in the northern Lao world heritage town of Luang Prabang was held on Tuesday.

People adorned the city with lanterns, and paraded with and later floated large dragon boats and small"boats" made from banana trees carrying flowers, incense and candles down the Mekong River, to let the diseases and bad luck drift away and good luck flow in.

Drone photo shows people lighted lanterns in the ancient town of Luang Prabang, a world heritage site, to float on Mekong River on Oct. 11, 2022. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)
People carried lanterns and paraded with the dragon boats through the ancient town of Luang Prabang, a world heritage site, toward Mekong River on Oct. 11, 2022. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)
People carried lanterns and watched the dragon boats heading to Mekong River in the ancient town of Luang Prabang, a world heritage site on Oct. 11, 2022. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)