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Baci/Basi (Lao: ບາສີ; Thai: บายศรี, RTGS: bai si) and su kwan (Lao: ສູ່ຂວັນ; Thai: สู่ขวัญ, RTGS: su khwan; meaning "calling of the soul") is an important ceremony practised in Lao culture, Sipsong Panna and Northern and Isan Thai culture. Baci is a phi ritual used to celebrate important events and occasions, like births and marriages and also entering the monkhood, departing, returning, beginning a new year, and welcoming or bidding etc. The ritual of the baci involves tying strings around a person's wrist to preserve good luck, and has become a national custom.

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  • Baci/Basi (Lao: ບາສີ; Thai: บายศรี, RTGS: bai si) and su kwan (Lao: ສູ່ຂວັນ; Thai: สู่ขวัญ, RTGS: su khwan; meaning "calling of the soul") is an important ceremony practised in Lao culture, Sipsong Panna and Northern and Isan Thai culture. Baci is a phi ritual used to celebrate important events and occasions, like births and marriages and also entering the monkhood, departing, returning, beginning a new year, and welcoming or bidding etc. The ritual of the baci involves tying strings around a person's wrist to preserve good luck, and has become a national custom. (en)
  • Le baci, ou soukhouan, est une cérémonie populaire laotienne de rappel des âmes, pratiquée par les Laos dans toutes les circonstances importantes de la vie quotidienne : mariages, obsèques, naissance, départ ou retour d'un voyage, maladie, célébration de l'anniversaire d'un ancêtre, etc. Elle est destinée à attirer des influences bénéfiques sur ses destinataires en faisant revenir vers eux l'une ou plusieurs des 32 âmes (khouan) que possède chaque être humain selon la conception traditionnelle lao. (fr)
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  • Celebration of any auspicious event
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  • The phu kwan is integral to Baci ceremony (en)
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  • Decorating silver tray with flowers, banana leaves, bamboo poles with white cotton threads for worship (en)
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  • Any day of the week, before noon (en)
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  • Baci (en)
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  • su kwan (en)
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  • National custom (en)
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  • Celebration of any auspicious event (en)
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  • Satsana Phi, religious rite (en)
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  • Baci/Basi (Lao: ບາສີ; Thai: บายศรี, RTGS: bai si) and su kwan (Lao: ສູ່ຂວັນ; Thai: สู่ขวัญ, RTGS: su khwan; meaning "calling of the soul") is an important ceremony practised in Lao culture, Sipsong Panna and Northern and Isan Thai culture. Baci is a phi ritual used to celebrate important events and occasions, like births and marriages and also entering the monkhood, departing, returning, beginning a new year, and welcoming or bidding etc. The ritual of the baci involves tying strings around a person's wrist to preserve good luck, and has become a national custom. (en)
  • Le baci, ou soukhouan, est une cérémonie populaire laotienne de rappel des âmes, pratiquée par les Laos dans toutes les circonstances importantes de la vie quotidienne : mariages, obsèques, naissance, départ ou retour d'un voyage, maladie, célébration de l'anniversaire d'un ancêtre, etc. Elle est destinée à attirer des influences bénéfiques sur ses destinataires en faisant revenir vers eux l'une ou plusieurs des 32 âmes (khouan) que possède chaque être humain selon la conception traditionnelle lao. (fr)
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  • Baci (en)
  • Baci (fr)
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  • Baci (en)
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  • su kwan (en)
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