Asalahaboucha Day and Boun Khao Phansa Festival (Buddhist Lent)

The special Buddhist pageant Asalahaboucha Day and BounKhaoPhansa Festival (Buddhist Lent) was held on 30 July 2015 at Vientiane Capital and across the nation that began the 3 month Buddhist Lent period for monks in Laos. It signifies the importance of the Buddhist monks remaining within their solitary temples without going out anywhere for the next three months spending most of their time in prayer and meditation where they are also restricted from spending nights in other temples other than their own. This traditional Buddhist Lent retreat is held each year for the Buddhist monks to enter into a time of spiritual renewal and vigor and begins from the day of the full moon of the eighth lunar month with the Asalha Puja Day. Those who want to experience spiritual renewal with prayer and meditation during this period visiting Vientiane can find comfortable accommodation at Somerset Vientiane, one of the reputed Vientiane serviced apartments.