Photos du Laos
Discover le Laos
Laos is a popular destination for its sublime landscapes, but also for its culture, traditions and population. This chapter presents the various facets of the ancient "Kingdom of a Million Elephants", its cultural specificities, its fauna, its flora, its gastronomy, but also its fascinating history. This landlocked country has been a real crossroads of influences between its neighbours China, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, and is home to a great ethnic diversity that forges its identity and culture. Although threatened, the Asian elephant remains an inescapable pillar of Laotian culture. If the country preserves ancient traditions such as Buddhism and animist practices, its history is marked by the Indochina wars and the seizure of power by the Marxist party, the Pathet Lao. The French have also left an important cultural and architectural heritage.
