Life Introspect's » Lao New Years DFW http://lifeintrospect.com -"A mirror of thoughts" Mon, 31 May 2010 04:30:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 April; Songkran, New Years, Celebration! http://lifeintrospect.com/2010/03/26/april-songkran-new-years-celebration/ http://lifeintrospect.com/2010/03/26/april-songkran-new-years-celebration/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:28:53 +0000 Introspect http://lifeintrospect.com/?p=190 I’m sure many of you notice that April is quickly approaching! We are nearing one of the most refreshing month’s in the year. For Southeast Asians, particularly the Cambodian, Lao, and Thai cultures celebrate New Years around this time. At my old blog I’m sure I’ve blogged and blogged about this numerous times. Last year however I wasn’t really active with the New Years schedule, but since so many things has happened the month’s prior to entering 2010… I realized that I should enjoy life to it’s fullest potential. Have fun and be in the company of the people you love for as long as you can. Here are the schedules as I know them. I’m sure most of the dates are correct because they were pulled from the official websites!

First of Cambodian New Years 2010. I know this one is always the 2nd Sunday of April I have no doubts about this one.

*Please note that the facebook event pages are ones I created since I couldn’t find any on facebook after searching. I am merely trying to convey information for people who don’t have them and don’t want to miss the festivities. Images were either taken from the original website or google ^.^

Time & Date: Saturday & Sunday April 10th & 11th Maybe the weekend of the 17th  Confirmed to be on the weekend of the 17th & 18th
Location: Cambodian Buddhist Temple (Ducanville Cambodian Temple)
Address: 5701 Crystal Lake Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75236-1320
*Note unlike the Lao Temples this one doesn’t have a massive Saturday Celebration
Facebook Event I Created: [Link]
Official Website: N/A
*For this one I’ll have to double check the date. I’ll make sure to confirm the date  a week before the actual event. I’ve been hearing that this is on the weekend of the 17th
Location: Wat Lao Sirimoungkhoun
Time & Date: April 10-11th 2010
Address: 4109 S. Ledbetter Dr.
Dallas, TX 75236
Facebook Event I Created: [Link]
Official Website: Link
Location: Wat Lao Buddharatanaram
Time & Date: April 10-11 2010
Address: 13089 Sehapayak Road
Ft Worth, TX  76244
Facebook Event I Created: [Link]
Official Website: Link
Songkran Festival (New Years 2553/2010)
Location: Wat Lao Siribuddhavas
Time & Date: April 17th and 18th 2010
Address: 2772 Blackland Rd.
Royse City, Texas 75189
Facebook Event Created by Temple’s Official Facebook Fanpage: [Link]
Official Website: Link
Songkran Festival (New Years 2553/2010)

Location: Wat Lao Thepnimith
Time & Date: April 24th and 25th 2010 (Updated)
Address: 7105 Marvin Brown Street
Fort Worth, TX 76179
Facebook Event That I created: [Link]
Official Website: Link
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