Tonight I visited Wat Simueng for part of the festival of That Luang (Buon That Luang). Color, movement, noise, vibrant culture and friendly people. I have been each year and it is always an amazing event.
Worshipers offer Phasat Pheung (wax castles) of banana trunks and
decorated with yellow flowers made of wax with candles, incense and money. The Phasat, are commissioned by
families or villages in and around Vientiane. Of varying sizes, from small bouquets to huge multi-layered structures, they are carried
three times around the Sin and then offered to the monks inside the temple.
