LAOS HAVE MANY SUBGROUPS ARE SO CALLED BLACK TAI, WHITE TAI, AND OTHERS. THEY ARE NOT BUDDISTS BUT ARE INFLUENCED BY CHINESE, THEIR CITIES CONTAIN ETHNIC CHINESE AND VIETNAM POPULATIONS.
LAOS IS SURROUNDED BY SOUTHEAST ASIANS SURROUNDED BY THAILAND AND CHINA CAMBODIA. THEY HAVE LAND THAT IS FOR RICE PUDDIES. THE UPLAND SOILS ARE LESS FERTILE.
THEIR CAPITOL,VIETIANE, WAS DESTROYED BY BY SIAMESE EARLY IN THE THE 19TH CENTURY. THE FRENCH RESTABLISHED VIETTAINE AS THE CAPITOL IN 1893, WHEN LAOS BECAME PART OF FRENCH INDO CHINA. A ROYAL CAPITOLWAS HERE UNTIL THE FALL OF 1975. TWO OTHER MAIN CITIES ARE ON THE MAKONG.
HMONG ARE THEIR LANGUAGE GROUP SPEREKA IS IN THE NORTH. THEY HAVE CHINESE CHARACTERS USED IN RITUALS THAT ARE THAT ARE RELIGIOUS. THE HUMONG BECAME LITERATE AND DEVELOPED BY MISSIONARIES.
THEY ARE BUDDISTS AND ARE TAUGHT TO BE PATIENT AND ACCEPT PEOPLE. BUDDISM BINDS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO BE PEOPLE AND BINDS THEM TOGETHER AND TAUGHT PEOPLE TO BE AND STAY AWAY FROM WRONG DOINGS WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS INVOLVED.
ONE OF THE FESTIVALS IN LAOS IS BOWN PHA VET. IT IS A TWO DAY FESTIVAL INVOLVING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IT IS IN JANUARY DEPENDING UPON THE MOON CYCLE. THE MONKS GIVE A SERMON CALLED THE GREAT SERMON. TRANMAT DAT COMMEMOATES THE LAOS. INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT. THEY HAVE DANCES REENACTMENTS, PARADES, PROCESSIONS, MEDITATIONS AND THEATRE PERFORMANCES.
LAOTIAN MUSIC IS DOMINATED BY ITS NATIONAL INSTRUMENT - A BAMBOO PIPE. THEY HAVE OTHER FIDDLERS AS WELL . THE LAOS IN THAILAND HAVE AN INTERNATIONALBEST SELLING SING SING.
THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE IN LAOS IS LAO . AMONG THE LAO THEY HAVE ABOUT 40% LITERATE FOLKS. THEY USE CHINESE CHARACTERS TO WRITE STORIES. THEIR NATIONAL SYMBOLS ARE BUDDISTS. A COMMUNIST REGIME TRIED TO SUBSTITUTE A SECULAR SYMBOL AND CALENDAR. BY 1945 THE LAO HAD THEIR FIRST INDEPENDANT MOVEMENT IN 1945.
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