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Film, Video Lunar New Years Pageant, Wat Temple Grounds, Friday Night

Lunar New Years Pageant, Wat Temple Grounds, Friday Night, April 15, 2022

About this Item

Title

  • Lunar New Years Pageant, Wat Temple Grounds, Friday Night

Names

  • Hamdani, Badar (Recordist)

Created / Published

  • Broussard, Louisiana, April 15, 2022

Headings

  • -  Pageants
  • -  Lao (Tai people)--Louisiana--Social life and customs
  • -  Laotian Americans--Louisiana--Rites and ceremonies
  • -  Laotian Americans--Louisiana--Social life and customs
  • -  Lao New Year-- Louisiana
  • -  Broussard (Lafayette Parish and Saint Martin Parish, La.)--Religious life and customs
  • -  Broussard (Lafayette Parish and Saint Martin Parish, La.)--Social life and customs
  • -  Lao (Tai people)--Louisiana--Rites and ceremonies
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Moving Image
  • -  United States -- Louisiana -- Broussard

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Moving Image

Notes

  • -  Summary: Assembled B-roll footage of the 2022 Friday night pageant covering three themes: The Queen pageant, cultural performances, and music and dances.
  • -  Keywords: Lao Immigrants, Louisiana Festivals, Asian Communities, Laotian Diaspora, Southern Louisiana Culture

Medium

  • 1 moving image file (mp4): digital.

Source Collection

  • Lao Buddhist New Year Festival in Southern Louisiana : Community Collections Grant Project, 2022-2023 (AFC 2022/010)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Credit line

Lao Buddhist New Year Festival in Southern Louisiana: Community Collections Grant Project, 2022 (AFC 2022/010), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Chicago citation style:

Hamdani, Badar. Lunar New Years Pageant, Wat Temple Grounds, Friday Night. Broussard, Louisiana, 2022. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022010_027_mv001/.

APA citation style:

Hamdani, B. (2022) Lunar New Years Pageant, Wat Temple Grounds, Friday Night. Broussard, Louisiana. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022010_027_mv001/.

MLA citation style:

Hamdani, Badar. Lunar New Years Pageant, Wat Temple Grounds, Friday Night. Broussard, Louisiana, 2022. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022010_027_mv001/>.