Filipinos living in Lao PDR, a predominantly Buddhist country, celebrate Christmas with their friends due to the lack of widespread festivities. While international companies decorate for the holiday, it is not a significant event for the Laotian population, with only 2% being Christian. Expats like Reimar Basaen gather with friends to create a small-scale Noche Buena celebration.
Missing the glitzy, noisy, joyous, and months-long Christmas festivities they are used to, Filipinos in Buddhist-dominated Lao PDR rely on friends to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.Reimar Basaen, a 34-year old restaurant manager at Crowne Plaza Vientiane, told GMA News Online that only a handful of establishments decorate for Christmas .“Yung mga international companies lang ang nagdedecorate, though merong ibang local companies but bihira ,” he said.
According to the Facebook post of the Embassy, more than 400 members of the Filipino community attended the event which had games, raffle draws, performance from FilCom members.The attendees were treated to Filipino food and beverages.A parol-making contest was also held which had nine entries from seven groups/individuals.No place like homeYouTuber and Tiktoker Kissa Eats noted the huge difference in Christmas celebrations in the Philippines and Laos.“Ang laki po ng pagkakaiba.
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