Laos: Famed Phathat Sikhottabong stupa festival to have scaled down programme

Monks circumnambulate the That Luang stupa as part of Buon That Luang festival in Vientiane, Laos.

Vientiane, Jan 23 (Vientiane Times/ANN): The famed Phathat Sikhottabong stupa festival in Thakhaek district, Khammuan province, will take place from February 26-29 but will have fewer activities than normal in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Deputy Head of Khammuan province’s Information, Culture and Tourism Department, Bounthavy Sisombath, told Vientiane Times that this year’s festival would consist of a wax castle procession on the second day and almsgiving on each of the three days of the festival.