The story
Boun Haw Khao Salak Vientiane in Vientiane
Boun Haw Khao Salak falls on the full moon of the tenth lunar month, usually September, when Vientiane families bring baskets of food, toiletries, and money marked with a deceased relative's name to temples right after morning alms. The day, believed to be when ancestral spirits visit the living, closes with an evening candlelight procession around temple grounds.
Boun Haw Khao Salak, sometimes rendered Boun Khao Salak, is one of the more emotionally weighted festivals on the Lao Buddhist calendar, falling on the full moon of the tenth lunar month, typically in September, when families across Vientiane and the rest of Laos turn their attention to honoring deceased relatives.