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Khmu Harvest New Year in Luang Prabang/Oudomxay
Khmu communities around Luang Prabang and Oudomxay hold Boun Greh, or Boun Pod Pi, a one-day harvest new year centered on a baci thanksgiving ceremony where families display the year's crops before elders tie blessing strings and a communal feast of orlam stew, buffalo laap, and sweet khao tom follows. The host village rotates yearly, and the celebration usually falls in mid-December, though timing varies by community.
Boun Greh, also called Boun Pod Pi in Khmu, gathers extended families into a single venue for one day of ritual harvest thanksgiving, usually held in mid-December though the date can shift with local consensus among Khmu communities on the outskirts of Luang Prabang and across Oudomxay province.