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THAILAND
First time in Southeast Asia: NASA exposes in Bangkok
From December 1st 2014 to February 1st 2015, Bangkok will host the first space
exhibition by NASA in Southeast Asia. The National Agency of tourism of Thailand
(TAT) brings its total support to Central Pattana, Thaicom, and BEC Tero
Entertainment, the initiators of this event which will be part of the events in honor of
the 87th anniversary of his Majesty the King Bhumibol Adulyadej, "father of Thai
technology”. The exhibition will also mark the 180th anniversary of relations between
Thailand and the USA. Named 'Human Ride Adventure', it will be held at the
Convention Center on the fifth floor of the Central Plaza Ladprao and will be divided
into four zones. In the largest, "Space technology", will be on display over 400 items related to space
technology, rockets, satellites, vehicles and space robots, passing by the combinations, the food or even
the bathrooms of astronauts, the communication devices, the space shuttle but also the engines, the
electronic devices as well as the stations. Visitors will discover the incredible range of devices and
sondes designed by NASA, from Mercury and Gemini to Apollo and the space shuttle. Russian
technology will be also exposed, including replicas of Sputnik and Lunokhod. The 'Ride' zone will
illustrate the sensational aspects of space experiments. It will present the G Force Simulator that
simulates up to 1 G the pressures on astronauts during the launch or the landing on Earth of the space
shuttle. The Globe, a circular screen, will offer a 360 °vision of the solar system. Interactive exhibits
will permit to learn more about sun and planets like Mercure, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune, Pluton and Earth. "The Memory" zone will offer a wide variety of objects to acquire such as
modeled rockets, space keyring, pens used in the missions control room, books on conquering space
and other things. In the box 'Space Cafe', visitors can savor the special cuisine developed for space
missions and order the lunch of Neil Armstrong or the dinner of Charles Duke. A grandiose exhibition
not to be missed.
Admission fees ticket 500 baht (approx. 12 EUR)
Reservations can be made from now on: www.THAITICKETMAJOR.com
A nice surprise in the mouth of the Chao Phraya River
A Bryde whale (Bruda whale) was recently located at the mouth of the
Chao Phraya River. If there is a very discreet mammal, it’s this whale.
Little known and studied, the whale represents a real puzzle for
biologists. Samples recently removed could be the key necessary for
scientists to better protect this particularly threatened species by its small
number and its poor genetic diversity. Rarely seen and photographed, the
Bryde whale is the only one of all whales who doesn’t migrate in the cold
waters, the whale swims in the warm or temperate waters all year.
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The Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum in Kanchanaburi ranked in the Top 5 of Asia
museums by Trip Advisor
The famous Trip Advisor site dedicated to travelers comes to announce
the results of the Travelers’ Choice Awards on the museums around the
world. The Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum in Kanchanaburi is ranked in
the Top 5 museums in Asia and has been designated “best Museum of
Thailand”.
This ranking was based on thousands of reviews posted on Trip Advisor
by travelers over a period of 12 months, and with the help of an algorithm
taking into account the quantity and quality of these notices.
Trip Advisor wrote on its website, "the Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum is a must for all who visit the
region of Kanchanaburi and are interested in the history of the Burma-Siam 'death railway' built during
the Second World War. The Hellfire Pass Museum was designed by the Australian Office of war
graves, in a joint-venture between Australian Government and the high command of Royal Thai Forces
armed. Open since April 24TH 1998, the office is managed by the Australian Office of burials war. On a
surface of approximately 200 m2, it traces the history of the railway that the Japanese had built by
prisoners of Western war and forced workers during World War II. The exhibits are of a very high
quality and audio guides are available. Furthermore, this rail way is going through the town which is
near the site of the famous River Kwai Bridge. Near the reconstructed bridge you can visit the allied
war cemetery and a war Museum. The Hellfire Pass Museum is open from 9:00 to 16:00 every day
except for Christmas and the New Year day.
Feel free to ask us for the Organization of short stay to the River Kwai.
10 Kg of additional luggage authorized on the THAI AIRWAYS
The Thai national airline has put into effect a new policy "luggage" for the
pleasure of its guests. Now, on all THAI flights, except those serving the
USA, passengers of all classes can carry 10 kg of extra luggage.
Now, the Royal First Class customer can therefore embark with 50 kg of
luggage, the business Royal Silk class customer with 40 kg and 30 kg for
economy class passengers. Moreover, members of the Royal Orchid Plus
program benefit an addition of a few kilo depending on their respective
status.
A new direct flight to Phuket at Qatar Airways
On October 26th, Qatar Airways will operate a daily direct flight from Doha to
Phuket allowing a shorter journey time from Paris to reach the beautiful beaches of
the popular Thai island. The Qatari company offers also 3 flights per day between
Paris and Bangkok with excellent connections to its new airport, the International
Doha Hamad Airport. Economy class round trip Paris/Bangkok is around € 500 and
Paris/Phuket from €540.
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MYANMAR
Taunggyi balloon festival
This festival Pa-O, which is held in Taunggyi, the capital of the South
of Shan State, from November 19th to 24th 2014, is the occasion of the
release of hot air balloons competing in their beauty and their ability to
fly off. The balloons released in the day have shapes of animals while
overnight paper lanterns are dropped, going up in group in the sky in
the image of moving bright constellations.
Lights Festival of Tazaugdine
The day of the full moon of Tazaungdine lunar month, candles are lit
in homes and pagodas throughout the country and paper lanterns are
launched into the sky. Treasure hunts are organized for children. The
Kyaikhtiyo pagoda, a gigantic Golden Rock balanced on the edge of a
cliff of Kyaikto Mount in Mon state, particularly beautiful, while 9999
candles shine on the platform during the night. On the eve of the full moon day, many pagodas host
competitions for dresses weaving, during which the women contribute all night to finish the robes of
Saffron colors offered to the Buddha images at dawn.
The E-visa Service from September 2014
Drawn by beautiful temples and magnificent landscapes, the number of
holidaymakers traveling towards Myanmar is slow but steady increasing
from day to day. While the country opens little by little its borders to
visitors, new regulations and processes have been recently implemented,
which makes it even easier to access to this wonderful country. September
1st 2014, the Ministry of Immigration and population of Myanmar has
launched a new e-Visa service, which is now online and available for 41
countries. For the moment, the service is only valid for tourist visas and the arrivals at the Yangon
international
airport.
The country has finally investing in the tourism market, aimed at achieving the 5 million visitors next
year. The e-visa services, as well as the draft of a new airport, are just some of the key factors of the
strategy.
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LAOS
Boloven plateau by motorcycle
Do you want a bit of adventure in a remote place of Laos? To promenade
on roads and trails riding a motorcycle? To bathe under waterfalls lost in
the wilderness? To enjoy a delicious coffee directly from plantations that
surrounds you? So, don’t wait no longer for the discovery of the Boloven
plateau. Not easy to tame the Lao roads. Those paved are studded of
holes and an attention of every moment is necessary to don’t graze too
near other vehicles, children, animals...
Fortunately, it’s not the (non-existent) signs that may entertain the driver. But it’s not always easy to
detach his eyes of the landscape that scrolls. Red slopes of laterite sinking into the jungle, small
villages of the Katu or Laven ethnic groups (it gave its name to the plateau) with their wooden houses
in the middle of cultures all overhung by a beautiful and threatening sky... Under these conditions, it
rarely exceeds 40 km/h. Thus, from Pakse, it takes three days to do the loop of approximately 300 km
through the foothills and the heights of the Boloven plateau. Besides the attractive detours and long
stops in appealing places where it’s not easy to leave. Tad Lo is one of these places. At 90 km
northeast of Pakse, this village has a dozen hostels and even two luxury hotels, making it the most
popular place of the circuit. The reason: the river which crosses the village pours into waterfalls with
holes of water between the rocks where it makes good to bathe. Scooters are well suited to the circuit.
It’s however not the only waterfalls encountered. There are no less than 17 on and around the plateau.
Small, immense (Tad Katamtok falls over 100 m high), some hard to reach (the laterite tracks are
hardly passable after rain), other particularly photogenic (Tad Yuang). To freshen up and remove dust,
Tad Champi is unavoidable. Wide of 40 meters, its liquid veil flows into a small lake cashed and
surrounded by exotic vegetation. Soothing.
But, all of this water must share the honors with the other star of the area: coffee. With its altitude
between 1000 and 1300 m, its fresh and humid climate, the Boloven plateau brings together
exceptional conditions for this farming. It’s the French who have planted the first trees at the beginning
of the 20th century. Today, coffee is important for the regional economy. At the side of big producers, a
multitude of family farms began to organize into cooperatives and promoting organic production of
quality.
To Paksong, national capital of the black drink and the highest point of the plateau (and coolest),
Tyson Adams left his native Seattle to create Jhai Coffee, a micro-NGOs that doubles as a pleasant
coffee-restaurant. Its purpose is to find equitable opportunities at the Café of some 2,000 families, then
to invest the profits in equipment in order to facilitate the access to drinking water in the villages. After
this full of energy, the road which joins Pakse runs at a (little) slow pace. And as a last gift just before
to leave the heights of the plateau, the meanders of the Mekong are revealed away, milk coffee color.
The best season extends from October to March, we then escape the monsoon and activity is in full
swing in the coffee plantations. All Year, frequent showers sweep the plateau and the (relative)
freshness is valuable during the high heat. Therefore plan clothes accordingly.
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Vietnamese and Laotian peoples preserve forever their special relations
The relations of friendship and special solidarity and
comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam, built
by the sacrifices of their armed forces and their peoples, have
become a priceless treasure of the two countries.
This common treasure was presented in an article in the
“Vientiane May” Laotian newspaper published on September
5th at the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the establishment
of diplomatic relations between the two countries (September 5th 1962-2014). This article recalled the
historic event with photography of the first Vietnamese and Laotian Ministers who signed this
important agreement in 1962, in the presence of Ho Chi Minh and Souphanouvong presidents.
The particularly friendship and solidarity Laos-Vietnam relations have developed on the basis of those,
traditional, based and grown by Ho Chi Minh and Souphanouvong presidents, then successive
generations of leaders of the States and peoples of the two countries. They have been tested by the
difficult struggles for independence, freedom and happiness of the two peoples, says this article. The
strength of solidarity of the two nations became an important factor, or decisive, of the great victory of
Vietnam and Laos in their struggle against the French colonialists and then the American imperialists
and for national salvation.
During these long struggles full of difficulties, the State and Vietnam people have always given
support and assistance to the Laos revolutionary oeuvre. Numbers of executive’s generations and
Vietnamese soldiers have done their international obligations in Laos. The spirit of tenacious struggle
and close alliance in the battle between the Vietnamese volunteers and the army of Laos has been an
important factor in the farm progress and continues to the Laotian revolution until the final victory in
1975.
Responding to strong support and the great help of the Vietnamese people, the multi-ethnic Lao people
has also granted, without reserve, support and solidarity with the Vietnamese people.
Generations of the peoples of the two countries must preserve these special relationships so that they
persist for the happiness of the two peoples.
Hmong New Year in Oudomxay, Xiengkhouangand, Luang Prabang and Vientiane
province
The Hmong New Year is particularly celebrated in Oudomxay, Xieng
Khouang,
Luang
Prabang
and
Vientiane
province.
St
These celebrations of the Hmong New Year, from 01 to 15th
December, are particularly beautiful because many people are dressed in
their traditional costumes made from green, red and white silk, and
silver jewelry. We will be pleased to discover traditional music to
specific instruments, such as the Teun, Hmong flute or the khene. Among the other sights, the game of
the Makkhon which consists of throwing a ball of cotton, beef fights, top races and crossbow
demonstrations.
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VIETNAM
Cultural, sea tourist and Vietnam islands week - Hanoi 2014
Cultural, sea tourist and Vietnam islands week - Hanoi 2014 will
take place from November 20th to 23rd at the cultural and artistic
exhibitions center of Vietnam (2, rue Hoa Lu, Hai Ba Trung
district). Organized by this Ministry in coordination with the city
people's Committee and the organisms concerned, this event
aims to promote and honor the unique cultural values of the sea
and the Vietnam islands as well as to assert their potential
tourism, to stimulate investments in the coastal provinces.
Many attractive activities are planned such as exhibition, art program, Colloquy on the "Preservation
and enhancement of the cultural values of the sea and Vietnam islands", program of cultural and
artistic exchange between young people on the theme "youth and maritime culture and Vietnam
island", presentation of cultural, tourist, typical gastronomic products of each region,... A good
opportunity to present the potentials, find opportunities, announce the first results of the management
of the seas and Vietnam islands through the maritime strategy for 2020, as well as to promote
achievements and exploit the experiences of development of marine economy of the provinces of the
country.
This event will also allow to communicate on the role, the position and the importance of the sea and
the Islands, and to sensitize the public on the need to protect the marine environment and its resources,
to defend the sovereignty of Vietnam in its maritime territory in this period of integration in the world.
Exhibition on the tissues of the ethnic minorities of Truong Son - Tây Nguyên
Since October 14th, at the South women Museum, in Ho Chi Minh City,
stands an exhibition over 230 photographs and objects on the theme 'Reasons
for fabric Chăm, Khmer and other minority’s ethnic groups of Truong Son Tây Nguyên'. It presents various techniques of weaving, dyeing and creation
of floral patterns on tissue. According to Nguyên Thi Tham, Director of the
Museum, these floral patterns on Chăm, Khmer or other ethnicities in the
region of Truong Son - Tây Nguyên tissue are often inspired by daily
activities and religious beliefs. In addition to weaving floral motifs with colorful threads, Cơtu or Ta Ôi
weaves floral motifs in beads with remarkable shapes (triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons...). Ê - đê, Gia
Rai, Stiêng, K'hor brocatelles... usually have dominant colors such as black, red, blue or yellow and the
weaving is made from dyed sewing files. Among the Chăm and the Khmer, the techniques of weaving
and creating floral patterns are very complex and use knowledge transmitted from generation to
generation, which doesn’t arise only after a long apprenticeship. Mrs Tham said: "in the cultural
treasure of the Vietnam ethnicities, floral motifs appear in architecture, sculpture, and popular works of
art... A beautiful brocatelle today translated knowledge, the planting and processing of cotton weaving,
passing by the dye.
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Cat Cat village in Sa Pa
The Cat Cat village is located in Sa Pa, Lao Cai province district, 2 km
northwest of Sa Pa town. It’s a secular village of ethnic Hmong which
preserve unique practices and customs that don’t yet exist or not intact
in other villages of the region. Village Cat Cat is established in the
middle of the 19th century, the hearth of the village rely on the mountain
and gather around themselves, the houses are spaced by few tens of
meters. The villagers cultivate rice on the rice terraces, maize on the
slopes of mountains, according to the manual stooge. Most of the houses are simple, consisting of only
a table, a bed, and a kitchen. The architecture of the Hmong House of Cat Cat village retains itself
many antique features: three-rooms house with Siam wood roof. The columns of the House are all
arranged on blocks of round or square stones. The walls are covered with wood, with 3 doors: the main
in the central part and two at each side. The main door is always closed and only opens during major
events such as marriage, funeral, and traditional feast. The House of the Hmong to Cat Cat is divided
into separate spaces: worship, reserve food, sleeping, kitchen and reception. Thanks looms weaving,
Hmong have created products of colored Brocade with patterns imitating trees, leaves, flowers,
animals...
Closely connected with the cloth of cotton and linen weaving stage is that of dyeing and embroidery.
The most popular dyeing techniques are cajeput dyeing, plant ash dyeing and forest leaves. After
having tinted, the cloth is rolled on flat stones coating of beeswax, by a round log, until the stuff
becomes shimmering.
In the Cat Cat village, the profession of jewelry fabrication in silver and bronze has a long history. To
give birth to sophisticated products, the manufacturing process of silver consists of many steps which
require meticulous and talent of the craftsmen. The chased silver products of Cat Cat are rich,
sophisticated, especially women jewelry as necklaces, bracelets, silver chains, rings... Another
attraction of Cat Cat, It’s the cultural tradition almost preserved intact of the Hmong, the custom of
shooting of woman, for example. When a boy fell in love with a girl, he invites his friends to a meal
and asking them to help him to take this girl in an unexpected way and guard her for three days. Then,
if the girl agrees to be his wife, a marriage will take place. If she refuses, the couple sharing a bowl of
wine to be friends and everything is back to normal as if nothing had happened. The marriage of the
Hmong to Cat Cat usually held from 2 to 7 days. Thanks to its original features, the Cat Cat village
became a must-see for anyone visiting Sapa.
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CAMBODIA
"Mixed martial arts" in a cage, a lucrative market
Thanks to his control of Cambodian traditional fighting
techniques, Tok Sophon tries to find fame and fortune in the most
lucrative circuit of mixed martial arts (MMA). But this
conversion to a booming controversial sport isn't necessarily the
taste of all his classmates. The young man of 21 years is part of
the Cambodians more and more numerous who try their luck at
the "mixed martial arts" (MMA), a combat sport where opponents
compete in a cage. They use techniques from various disciplines and martial arts, from kickboxing to
fighting.
"I can win more money by fighting in the cage than by the traditional martial arts," said Sophon, who
joined the world professional circuit very lucrative last year. During his first match in Malaysia, he
won 1,000 dollars (770 Euros), that to say about 30 times what a middling combat of kun Khmer
would have paid, Cambodian kickboxing. Despite their worldwide growing popularity, the MMA
competitions are prohibited in many countries, such as France, especially because they allow the hitting
to the ground. In Cambodia, the rise of the MMA follows a revival of traditional martial arts, kun
khmer and bokator, neglected for centuries and even close to extinction at the end of the 1970s, after
the Khmer Rouge banned both disciplines and killed their professors. The bokator, which was born one
thousand years ago in the ranks of the armed forces of the Khmer empire, is the oldest of the two
fighting techniques, borrowing some movements from animals. After it quasi disappearance under the
Marxist khmer rouge regime who wanted to erase the history of the country to put in place a delirious
agrarian utopia, it has attracted new proponent attached to preserve the Cambodian culture. With its
body catches, its nudges and tibias shots, this sport provides gateways to the MMA. Its specialists can
relatively easily to adapt to fighting in cages. Since three years, date of the first MMA tournament in
which the practitioners of the bokator participated, in Malaysia, the popularity of mixed martial arts in
Cambodia exploded.
The fights are retransmitted each week on television. And according to the dedicated association,
which was established last year, hundreds of Cambodians today are professionals of the discipline.
Their training to traditional Cambodian martial arts gives them solid bases, but the fighters must learn
other specific techniques and the rules of the MMA to enter on the international circuit.
In 2011, Chan Reach, Cambodian and American, abandoned its job of ambulance in New York for a
new career as coach, preparing Cambodian athletes to enter in the cage. "I was watching a game on
YouTube where Cambodian fighters were demolished by foreign. And I understood that I had to go to
help to train" said the coach Tok Sophon. "This is a new version of an old sport (...) and this opens
exciting opportunities for the bokator and kun Khmer fighters" said the coach-businessman, who has
himself already done 13 professional fights. He opened few months ago a fitness room specialized in
MMA, as there are more and more in Phnom Penh.
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But the old generation feared that this new industry threatens centuries of a tradition considered a long
time as a symbol of past military power from the country. "We are fighting to preserve our ancient
martial arts. If the younger generations and the Government don’t support them, they will disappear",
worries Chan Bunthoeun, 63 years old, coach of traditional martial arts who learned from his father.
But while his own son must fight, he can only recognize the seduction asset of an industry that offers
more money and a chance of world fame.
The Cambodian Association of MMA is confident that this sport can encourage a renaissance of
traditional martial arts. "We integrate our ancient martial arts to the MMA (...). The world will know
our martial arts through the MMA", ensured the president of the association.
350 Khmer antiquities returned to the country for nearly 20 years
From 1996 to 2014, some 350 Khmer antiquities were returned to
Cambodia, informed Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, Minister of
Ministers, at the opening ceremony of the temporary exhibition of
statues of Koh Ker returned from the United States, held at the national
museum in Phnom Penh. These 350 ancient objects were, he said,
surrendered to us, from France, Thailand, Australia, Switzerland,
Indonesia, the Netherlands, Japan, United Kingdom, Denmark,
Germany, Hungary, Canada and Taiwan. The Cambodian prime-minister also asked to all collectors of
Khmer antiquities around the world to return the stolen treasures in Cambodia. The return of ancient
objects reflects the efforts and the determination joint of the royal Cambodia Government and the
national institutions and international partners in the preservation of Cambodian cultural heritage for
the interests of the whole of humanity, said Sok An.
Cambodian culture joined the public domain
There now a framework which sets Cambodia Culture policy. A
country that contemporary history is seriously fractured, some signs
never disappoint, rather encouraging signs. There are few time, set a
national cultural policy in Cambodia was indeed a challenge and not a
priority. The document recently adopted by the Council of Ministers is
the result of work undertaken by the Minister of Culture involving the
professionals of this sector, heads of non-governmental organizations
and representatives of international agencies such as UNESCO. This document is unpublished. For the
first time, the royal Government develops a strategy, sets targets, intends to remind some principles
and wishes to rely on tangible and intangible heritage to think at future. The public authorities take a
bold challenge: draw a mindful public policy to determine in the eyes of everyone the characteristics of
the culture of the Kingdom, but also to form ("Education through culture, culture for education... «), to
encourage vocations and add the economic Prism to the field of culture.
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The Agenda:
The holidays – festivals to be seen in Southeast Asia
THAILAND
World Film Festival in Bangkok: November 2014
Loy Krathong, festival of lanterns in Thailand: November 2014
Bangkok marathon: November 2014
Laguna Phuket Triathlon in Phuket: November 2014
Lopburi monkeys festival: November 2014
Silk and Phuk Seow Festival in Khon Kaen: November / December 2014
Birthday of his Majesty the King: December 5th 2014
Constitution Day: December 10th 2014
Anniversary of the King in Thailand: December 5th 2014
Thailand International Balloon Festival in Chiang Mai: December 2014
New year in Thailand: December 31st 2014 - January 1st 2015
Chinese New Year in Thailand: January 2015
Makha Puja: February (full moon) 2015
The Chakri dynasty day: April 6, 2015
Songkran (Thaï New Year): April 12th – 16th 2015
Earth Hour: April 29th 2015
Coronation day: May 5th 2015
Visakha Puja: May (full moon)
Asalha Puja: July (full moon)
Feast of the mothers Wan Mea and anniversary of the Queen Sirikit in Thailand: August 12th 2015
International festival of dance and music in Bangkok: September / October 2015
Festival of the Sakon Nakhon wax castles: October 2015
Chulalongkorn day: October 2015
LAOS
Pha That Luang Festival in Vientiane: November 2014
National holiday (Vanh Saad): December 2nd 2014
Hmong New year: December 2014
Festival of Tet (Vietnamese or Chinese New Year) in Cambodia and Laos: Jan. – Feb. 2015
Pii may or Songkran (Buddhist New Year): from April 13th to 16th 2015
Earth Hour: April 29th 2015
Boun Khao Padabdin (day of the dead): Early September 2015
Bun Nam or Suang Heua on Khong Island: October 2015
Boun Ok Phansa and Boun Xouang Heua: October 2015
Boun Ok Phansa boat on the banks of the Mekong River races: October 2015
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CAMBODIA
Independence day: November 9th 2014
Water (good Om took) Festival: mid-November 2014
National holiday in Cambodia: January 7th 2015
Festival of Tet (Vietnamese or Chinese New Year) in Cambodia and Laos: Jan. – Feb. 2015
Khmer New Year (Chaul Chhnam good): April 2015
Earth Hour: April 29th 2015
Anniversary of King Sihamoni: May 14th 2015
Festival of ancestors (Pchum Ben): September 2015
Anniversary of King Norodom Sihanouk: October 31st 2015
MYANMAR
Hot Air Balloon Festival in Taunggyi: November 2014
Tasaungmone Festival: November 6th 2014
National day: November 16th 2014
Karen New Year: December 21st 2014
New Year: January 1st 2015
Pyatha (Independence Day): January 4th 2015
Union day: February 12th 2015
Feasts of peasants: March 2015
Full lunde of Tabaung: March 2015
Armed forces day: March 27th 2015
Thingyan Festival (water Festival): from April 13th to 16th 2015
Birman New year: April 17th 2015
Earth Hour: April 29th 2015
Labor Day: May 1st 2015
Full moon of Kasone: May 2015
Full moon of Waso: July 2015
The day of the martyrs: July 19th 2015
Nat Taungbyon (Mandalay) Festival: August 2015
Celebration of the Phaung Daw Oo to Lake Inle: October 2015
Mandalay Kyaukdawgyi pagoda festival: October 2015
Thidingyut Festival (Festival of lights): October 2015
The elephants to Kyaukse (Mandalay) dance festival: October 2015
Kyaik Hti Yo Pagoda festival (to the Golden Rock): October 2015
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Calendar of market in the region of Inle in 2014
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV
DEC
1
H T
N
H
H
T T
P
S
S
N
N
2
T P
H
T
T
P
P
S
N
N
H
H
3
P S
T
P
P
S
S
N
H
H
T
T
4
S N
P
S
S
N N
H
T
T
P
P
5
N H
S
N
N
H H
T
P
P SN
SN
6
H T
N
H
H
T T
P
S
S
7
T P
H
T
T
P
P
S NH
NH H
H
8
P S
T
P
P
S
S
N
T
T
9
S N
P
S
S
N N
HT T
T
P
P
10
N H
S
N
N
H HT
P
P
S
S
11
H T
N
H
H
TP
P
S
S
N
N
12
T P
H
T
TP
P
S
N
N
H
H
13
P SN
T
PS
S
S
N
H
H
T
T
14
SN
PS
S
N N
H
T
T
P
P
15
/
H
N
N
H H
T
P
P
S
S
16
H T
N
H
H
T T
P
S
S
N
N
17
T P
H
T
T
P
P
S
N
N
H
H
18
P S
T
P
P
S
S
N
H
H
T
T
19
S N
P
S
S
N N
H
T
T
P
PS
20
N H
S
N
N
H H
T
P
P SN
21
H T
N
H
H
T T
P
S
SN
N
22
T P
H
T
T
P
P
S
N
H
H
23
P S
T
P
P
S
S
NH
H
T
T
24
S N
P
S
S
N N
T
T
P
P
25
N H
S
N
N
HT HT
T
P
P
S
S
26
H T
N
H
H
P
S
S
N
N
27
T PS
H
TP
TP
P
P
S
N
N
H
H
28
P
T
S
S
N
H
H
T
T
29
SN
PS
S
S
N N
H
T
T
P
P
30
N
N
H H
T
P
P
S
S
31
H
N
H
T
P
S
N
T = Taunggyi, Aungban, floating market (Inle).
P = Pwe Hla, Mine Thauth, Phaung Daw Oo, Kyauk Tine (Sagar road) and long pine.
S = Shwe Nyaung, Kalaw, Khaung Dine, Indein, Maw Bi (Sagar road) and Phe Khone.
N = Nyaug Shwe, Pindaya, Nampan (Sagar road), Ham See (Kakku road) and Sagar.
Every Sunday and Wednesday, market day in De Maw So beside Act Kaw.
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One of the most authentic markets is the market of Indein Pagoda on the shores of the Lake but that
becomes more and more frequent. We must therefore come very early in the morning, climb
immediately to the pagoda to see people come out of the villages and get off at the market in the
middle of the ruins of ancient pagodas.
The market of Sagar is also still very authentic. We really need to leave very early because the canoe
ride is long (at least 2 hours).
VIETNAM
(Gold Om Boc) waters Festival in Sóc Trang: November 2014
Festival of Tet, Vietnamese New Year (Tet Nguyen Dán): January 2015
Anniversary of the founding of the Vietnamese Communist Party: February 3rd 2015
Feast of the procession Quan Dong Ky Dam (province of Bac Ninh): February 2015
Chua Huong (perfume Pagoda Festival) at Huong Son: February 2015
Pagoda Thay (province of Ha Tay): April 2015
Khmer New Year: April 2015
Earth Hour: April 29th 2015
Anniversary of the capture of Saigon: April 30th 2015
That-Tich (the obscure seven or the double seven day): August 2015
National holiday: September 2nd 2015
Do Son Buffalo fighting Festival: September 2015
Mid-Autumn Festival (Fête des enfants): mid September 2015
Temple at Nam Dinh Tran Festival: September 2015
Festival of Double-nine Trung GCU: October 2015
Autumn festival in Thai Binh Keo pagoda: October 2015
All the mentioned dates are subject to change.
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