Saginaw TX, laos new year 2024

It’s been a while since I last went to a Lao New Year celebration but this year I went again took a few pictures and video some was recorded by Milos using my Insta360 X3 which is one of my favorite cameras to use.

April 27th, 2024

This day they had their beauty pageant and live music.

April 28th, 2024

On this day they had a parade. Parking was congested even more than the day before. I parked a few blocks down and met Joe who offered me a beer and his friends gave me a shot glass necklace and sent me off after giving me a shot from the Hennessy Joe carried in a water bottle.

On my walk to the temple people were on the stationary floats playing music, dancing, shooting people with water guns, throwing water balloons, shaving cream and baby powder. I also got offered another shot from a lady on one of the floats who just poured Hennessy into my mouth.

Once I got to the temple I stayed out in the street because the parade was about to start. I recorded most of my walk but when I had stopped recording I got hit with shaving cream in the face. After the parade I stayed around got some of the street food and after not being able to make call, because of network congestion I gave up on finding some other friends and made my way back. I didn’t see Joe again who had invited me to come back after I went down to take pictures.

Overall it was a fun even and will probably go again next year.