Photo by @stephenwilkes: An elder watches performers and festivities at the Hmong New Year Festival in Bam Viang Hang, in North Eastern Laos. The celebration is held to mark the end of the rice harvesting season and to honor ancestors, and welcome new beginnings. Follow along as I share photographs and moments from my trip to Laos on assignment for @natgeo for a story featured in the August issue of National Geographic Magazine. #Laos #HmongFestival #tradition #travel #onassignment by natgeo http://ift.tt/1I44pZy – Gatlinburg Garden Castle Rainbow Tower Library Imagination Station Temple Water Spirit Guardian Labyrinth Treasury Magic Healing