That Luang Festival
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The That Luang Festival is a major annual Buddhist religious and cultural celebration in Vientiane, Laos, featuring processions, almsgiving, and traditional performances centered around the revered Pha That Luang stupa.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boun Ok Phansa | 1 |
| That Luang Festival canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10456584 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: That Luang Festival Context triple: [Pha That Luang, associatedFestival, That Luang Festival]
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A.
Langkhon festival
Langkhon festival is a traditional cultural celebration of the Tiwa people, marked by communal rituals, music, and dance that express their ethnic identity and agrarian way of life.
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B.
Phu Day Festival
Phu Day Festival is a major Vietnamese spiritual and cultural celebration honoring the Mother Goddess Lieu Hanh with traditional rituals, processions, and folk performances.
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C.
Thingyan festival
Thingyan festival is the traditional Burmese New Year water festival, celebrated nationwide in Myanmar with water-throwing, religious merit-making, and communal festivities marking the transition to a new year.
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D.
Tran Temple Festival
Tran Temple Festival is a traditional Vietnamese celebration honoring the Tran Dynasty’s heroes with rituals, processions, and cultural performances at Tran Temple in Nam Dinh.
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E.
Poy Sang Long festival
The Poy Sang Long festival is a traditional Shan Buddhist ceremony in which young boys are ornately dressed and ceremonially ordained as novice monks in a colorful, multi-day community celebration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: That Luang Festival Target entity description: The That Luang Festival is a major annual Buddhist religious and cultural celebration in Vientiane, Laos, featuring processions, almsgiving, and traditional performances centered around the revered Pha That Luang stupa.
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A.
Langkhon festival
Langkhon festival is a traditional cultural celebration of the Tiwa people, marked by communal rituals, music, and dance that express their ethnic identity and agrarian way of life.
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B.
Phu Day Festival
Phu Day Festival is a major Vietnamese spiritual and cultural celebration honoring the Mother Goddess Lieu Hanh with traditional rituals, processions, and folk performances.
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C.
Thingyan festival
Thingyan festival is the traditional Burmese New Year water festival, celebrated nationwide in Myanmar with water-throwing, religious merit-making, and communal festivities marking the transition to a new year.
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D.
Tran Temple Festival
Tran Temple Festival is a traditional Vietnamese celebration honoring the Tran Dynasty’s heroes with rituals, processions, and cultural performances at Tran Temple in Nam Dinh.
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E.
Poy Sang Long festival
The Poy Sang Long festival is a traditional Shan Buddhist ceremony in which young boys are ornately dressed and ceremonially ordained as novice monks in a colorful, multi-day community celebration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist festival
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cultural festival ⓘ |
| aim |
accumulation of merit
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veneration of Buddha relics ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Boun That Luang ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pha That Luang stupa
ⓘ
linked to:
Pha That Luang
|
| calendarBasis | Lao lunar calendar ⓘ |
| centralRitual |
Buddhist chanting
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almsgiving to monks ⓘ candlelight procession ⓘ merit-making ceremonies ⓘ |
| country | Laos ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Lao Theravada Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Lao Buddhism
|
| culturalElements |
Lao folk music
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Lao traditional dance ⓘ traditional Lao costumes ⓘ |
| devotionalActs |
circumambulation of the stupa
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offering flowers and incense ⓘ |
| duration | about one week ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
boosts local tourism
ⓘ
supports local vendors and artisans ⓘ |
| features |
fireworks
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folk games ⓘ food stalls ⓘ religious processions ⓘ trade fair ⓘ traditional music and dance ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasProcession |
candle procession around Pha That Luang
ⓘ
wax castle procession ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Lao ⓘ |
| linkedMonumentType | Buddhist stupa ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Vientiane ⓘ |
| locationType | urban festival ⓘ |
| mainSite | Pha That Luang ⓘ |
| nationalRole | one of the most important festivals in Laos ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
Buddhist sangha in Laos
ⓘ
local authorities in Vientiane ⓘ |
| participants |
Buddhist monks
ⓘ
international visitors ⓘ lay Buddhists ⓘ pilgrims from across Laos ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| significance |
honors the sacred Pha That Luang
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linked to:
Pha That Luang
important expression of Lao culture and identity ⓘ major national religious event in Laos ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | November ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: That Luang Festival Description of subject: The That Luang Festival is a major annual Buddhist religious and cultural celebration in Vientiane, Laos, featuring processions, almsgiving, and traditional performances centered around the revered Pha That Luang stupa.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: That Luang Festival