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The Pha That Luang Festival in Vientiane, Laos

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Envision thousands of monks, wrapped in bright-orange robes and aligned in rows that extend to the rising Golden Stupa, with tens of thousands of Laotians prostrated in front of them. This is the Pha That Luang Festival in Vientiane, Laos.

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