SABAIDEE. BLOG

The naga is the most outstanding and dominant motif in Lao woven textiles. artistically created with imagination and respect. it has been so inseparably bound to the livelihood of the lao people that whenever weavers speak of their work the term " Naga" is spontaneously mentioned first, as in the phrase " weaving cloth- weaving Nagas". the Nagas have different names after the patterns created from imagination and from both Buddhist and animist beliefs. for instance, in the 'NAK HONG THIEN" ( candle house naga), the motif reflects the form of a Naga decorated with the candle used on " ork phansa“ the day of the boat racing festival to give thanks to the river and ask for its blessing. an example of Animist beliefs is the Ngeuk Laeng" (Drought Naga).which is believed to have the supernatural powers to cause storms, rain and drought. there is a poem narrating the supernatural powers of the Ngeuk Laeng saying: Help me to make water run uphill; Help m...

   A high raking Lao government officer told the media that,Laos will get out of the world's poorest countries by 2020. I am just a little disppointed to hear that the government of Laos will take at least 12 years to let Laos gets out of the poorest. Meanwhile, I am so supportive of what the government is presently doing the best for getting out of world's poorest lists.  the government offer the best policy to attract the oversea investors to invest, especially in the hydro power plant,Mining and agriculture .hopefully those projects will be able to help Laos to be developing country.    I won't be that old to see the Laos becomes  as developing country, Not world's poorest country in the world.