Laos Tourist Guides — Culture

The Laotian culture attributes its richness to Laotian art and sculpture, music and cuisine. Bronze is the most common metal for Laotians with gold and silver images all along. The smaller and minor images are usually made of precious metals while most of the bigger statues are in bronze. Theravada Buddhism being the dominant religion in Laos, many traditional images of Buddha in various stages of his life like his birth, enlightenment and death are prominent throughout Laos. The majority of these images are in bronze, which is called .samrit. in Laos. The huge bronze images prevalent in Laos include Phra Ong Teu, Vat Chantabouri and Vat Manoram. Laos.s ceramics were unexpectedly discovered in Vientiane area and excavated henceforth. Laos.s ceramics have clay and quartz mixed together which gives the things a light translucent green and brown glazed shade.

Traditional Laotian culture is also influenced by Thai and Vietnamese cultures. Beautiful music floats through the Laotian instruments and produce exquisite tunes. Laotian music mainly includes a type of bamboo pipe called .Khaen.. Other instruments include flutes, fiddles and bells. In contrast to Thailand.s jazzy electrifying music called Mor Lam, Laotians manifest a slower, more serene and calm type of music called Khaplam Wai. In fact music plays an important role in the Laotian culture. Lao cuisine is not so much famous or exclusive in itself, so it rather uses the Vietnamese cuisine, which reigns more popularly in Laos.

The main food of Laos is sticky rice and spicy chopped meat but occasional influences of Chinese and French dishes intervene to make the cuisine often a delicious one. Among drinks one can refresh oneself with tea, coffee, soft drinks like Cola, Pepsi and sweet lemonade. One peculiar feature of Laos cuisine is that most dishes are served with a particular chilly-sauce only and include delicious side dishes like fish, chicken and beef, sometimes called waterfall beef. But if you are visiting Laos and are still interested in French and Chinese cuisine, you have to visit proper hotels or good ambience restaurants to get your desired menu. But proper Laotian dishes of sticky rice with meat, tomato soups waterfall beef soups, shredded papaya salad can be easily found in roadside footstalls or common eateries lining the sides the streets. You can giver coup-de-grace to your typical Laotian cuisine by a few sips in beer, coconut juice or strong Laotian coffee; both hot or iced are excellent.

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