Luang Prabang to hold Laos' famous boat racing festival after two years of absence due to Covid-19

Boat racing festival in Namkhan River, Luang Prabang. - Laotian Times

VIENTIANE, June 14: Luang Prabang will celebrate the boat racing festival (Boun Souang Heua) in Namkhan River during the Buddhist Lent Day on July 25, reports Loatian Times.

A notice issued by Luang Prabang provincial office says that Luang Prabang will arrange Boun Hor Khaopadapdin, a very popular annual festival with locals and tourists which is held to feed spirits with home-made parcels of food, and the boat racing activities along Namkhan River.