laos presentation
DESCRIPTION
Class without frontiers. A small presentation of Laos to students grade 7 in Porto. The students are very excited to learn about Laos, one of a peaceful country in Asia. A lot of questions were asked and exchanged, thus the presentation took longer than planned but of cause it was very impressive work.TRANSCRIPT
LAOS
Geography
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
Geography…
Area: 236,800 km² (map)
Population: 6,586,266
Nationality: Lao or Laotian
Time zone: UTC+7
Capital city: Vientiane
Currency: Kip (LAK)
Religion: Buddhist
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
Flag and Embed
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
Language-ພາສາລາວ [pha-sa-lao]
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
• 27 consonants:
• 6 compound consonants:
• 28 vowels:
• 4 tone marks:
• Lao numbers
Weather Mainly tropical, with a seasonal monsoon. Warm, and humid. Average temperature: 29°C (84°F) A lot of rain in the wet season.
2 seasons in Laos: Rainy season: May to October Dry season: November to April
◦ November to February-Cool dry season◦ March to early May-Hot dry season
Traditions
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
Almsgiving in the morning Pray in temple
Traditional dance
Student uniform
Tradition Clothes
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
Lao silk-HandmadeLao silk-handmade
Natural silk
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
Typical Food-sticky rice
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
Kho-larm (sticky rice with coconut milkaeb-khao (Rice basket)
Khao-niew (Sticky rice)
Typical Food…
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
Khai-phaen (riverweed)
Larp-moo (Pork salad)
Fer (Beef noodle soup)
Kaeng-nor-mai
(Bamboo shoot soup)
Tam-mak-houng(papaya
salad)Khao-poun
Drinks
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
Lao coffee
Fruit shake/juice
Lao green tea
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
Lao New Year-Water festival in April
Nature of Laos
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
Tad sae waterfall Vangvieng
Tad kuang siwaterfall Ethnic houses
Nature of Laos
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
Tham ting cave A child lives
Mountianskhone pha pheng waterfall
Temples:
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
Xieng thong temple Thadluang temple
Sisaket temple
Attachment: More information about Laos http://www.facebook.com/LaosPictures http://www.muangsingtravel.com/ms_info/do_dont.ht
m http://www.tourismlaos.org/ http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g293949-Laos-Vac
ations.html
“Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity”
ຂໍIຂໍອບໃຈ [Khor-khob-jai] !Obrigada !Thank you !