MontanaRon » music http://montanaron.com/wordpress Just another ordinary English teacher eclectic expat blog about nothing in particular. Tue, 22 May 2012 06:45:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Traditional Lao Music http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2009/08/09/traditional-lao-music-439 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2009/08/09/traditional-lao-music-439#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:35:29 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=439 Wanna see and hear some traditional Lao music and dance? Check out these YouTube videos I just found. Very sweet.

Part 1

Part 2

And now, to bed. More later.

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