Laos

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west.  Capital: Vientiane Currency: Lao kip Population: 6.77 million (2013)  Government: Communist state, Socialist state Official language: Lao ------------------------------------------------- Etymology -------------------------------------------------

passed down to each generation. Laos descendants of prior generations have created traditions that continue to be practiced within their way of living. How and what we consider valuable or the norm within our culture is not always similar to another individual’s culture. Completing the interviews and research on the Laos culture has given me an accurate understanding about the differences and similarities that are shared amongst themselves and the Mexican culture. The Laos traditional foods that are

The primary belief system across Laos is that all individuals and objects have various souls. This animism, along with the idea of reincarnation and ancestral worship, has a direct link to their healthcare. Among the Lao populous spirituality is exceptionally connected to their views of illnesses. Either the sins of one have angered their ancestors, or one has lost a soul because of their misdeeds or actions. With a combination of natural and super natural causes, a Hmong individual believes illness

Since the end of the Cold War, the government of Lao PDR (GoL) promoted internal resettlement of indigenous ethnic minorities from remote highlands to lowland areas and along roads as an effort to make the delivery of government services such as health care and education more cost efficient. Though the government considers resettlement a voluntary choice on the part of the village, the government implements incentives for villages to resettle such as healthcare and disincentives for villages to remain

Rites Of Passage In Third World Laos Thaviesak Nachampassak APY 105 - Intro to Anthropology Poltorak, D L Rites of Passage: Laotian Culture “Here I am at the crossroads into adulthood. I stand before the threshold to adulthood ready to sever the ties of my youth, and begin new growth on the dead tree that represents childhood. The tree of youth that once stood tall with all of it’s quirky branches and knots, now lays horizontal, ready to give my new growth all the water and nutrients

Study Research Essay: Lao People’s Democratic Republic Lao People’s Democratic Republic, or simply Laos, is a landlocked nation in Southeast Asia occupying the northwest portion of the Indochinese peninsula (“Geography”). It is surrounded by Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, and China (“The World Factbook”). Despite having abundance natural resources compared to other countries in the region, Laos is referred to as “one of east Asia’s poorest countries” (“Laos Profile - Overview”). Laos is one of the world’s

What Americans were unaware of was the additional violence happening in Laos. Music has always been an effective way for one to release their anger and frustration and many Americans were angry and frustrated with the government for allowing their men to die in Vietnam. One of their methods of portraying their irritation to

Article Summary In the article “In Trafficking of Wildlife, Out of Reach of the Law”, written by The New York Times writer Thomas Fuller, Laotian officials have their hands full with wildlife trafficking. In Hong Tong, Laos there lies a large compound which is owned by Vixay Keosavang, a “suspected” wildlife trafficker, a kingpin no less. This compound is where Keosavang controls his operation under the occupation of a breeder. Freeland which is a non-profit organization that is involved in anti-trafficking

Social Structures: Hmong vs. Lao Migration is inevitable in the case of the aftermath of conflicts and wars. Indochina or mainland Southeast Asia is a region where similar stories of migration result to settlement for diverse groups of people. Two ethnic groups that fall into this story are Hmong and Lao. Both groups have their unique characteristics, ranging from living in different elevations to having distinctive social organization patterns. Both Hmong and Lao have very idiosyncratic ethnic

Cooking Diverse Cultures in America - Soc 240 Upper Iowa University The Hmong people are originally from rural mountainous areas in Laos and they still inhabit that country to this day. Laos is a country that is located in Southeast Asia. Hmong people are divided into clans or tribes that share the same paternal ancestry. The Hmong people inhabited all parts of Laos but all carried pretty much the same cultures and livelihood with them as many immigrated to the United States in the past few decades