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Luang Prabang: Evening Cooking Class & Local Baci Ceremony

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Luang Prabang: Evening Cooking Class & Local Baci Ceremony

Activity provider:Wander Laos Experience
5  / 5
12 reviews

From US$ 51 per person

Cook your own creations for dinner with the locals. Enjoy traditional folk singing and music, and witness a Baci ceremony.

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Duration 4 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Pickup included
Hotel pickup is possible from hotels in Luang Prabang city. Please wait in the hotel lobby 5 minutes before your scheduled pickup time
Small group
Limited to 6 participants

Experience

Highlights
  • Participate in a traditional "Baci" ceremony with a local family
  • Visit a food market on the way to learn about local ingredients
  • Help the host to cook your own dinner
  • Enjoy a rustic pavilion modelled on a traditional Lao house
  • Listen to traditional folk music performed by the locals
Full description
On this activity, you will learn how to make a traditional home-cooked Lao dinner, as well as attend a Baci ceremony to celebrate a special event, a marriage, a homecoming, a birth, or one of the annual festivals.  Begin by meeting your driver at the lobby of your hotel in Luang Prabang at 4:00 PM. Stop at the local food market to learn more about the fresh ingredients and herbs that local people use in their daily cooking. You will then learn how to cook 5 typical dishes using the local ingredients, before eating together with the locals in the traditional Lao style. After your dinner enjoy a show of traditional music performs by local musician in the Hmong traditional costume. As you listen to the music, admire the breathtaking views of the rice fields surrounding the building.  Then, you will witness a "Baci" ceremony, which is a local custom performed when a mother has recovered from childbirth, when a sick person has been cured, or when monks are entering the temple. The ceremony can take place any day of the week and all through the year, but preferably before noon or before sunset. After this final experience is finished, you will be transferred back to your hotel.
Includes
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off from Luang Prabang
  • English-speaking host
  • Baci ceremony
  • Cooking class
  • Home-cooked dinner
  • Musical instrument performance
  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Tips
Not suitable for
  • Pregnant women
  • People with mobility impairments
  • Wheelchair users

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  • Comfortable shoes
  • Comfortable clothes

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  • Food and drinks

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  • This activity is a family-friendly and is designed for food lovers or those who want to experience the local culture. Due to you will take part in a traditional Baci ceremony, so please wear covered your knees and shoulders.

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Amazing! this was the best thing I did on my travels. It was such an honour to be invited to someone's home and to experience the ceremony. Everyone was so friendly, the cooking class was fantastic and the food was delicious. You learn so much about Lao people, traditions, culture, religion and food. The performance was also fantastic. I highly recommend

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May 27, 2023

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jenna – United KingdomVerified booking

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The most incredible tour experience I have ever had. I participated in the evening baci ceremony and cooking class and cannot recommend it more. Somsay picked me up from my hotel, brought me to a local market, and then to the beautiful dinner location where his family welcomed me to a baci ceremony and his wife taught me to prepare a delicious traditional meal. The Wander Laos experience is truly unique and special and I can’t recommend Somsay’s company enough. Support this incredible small business!

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April 29, 2023

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Marina – United StatesVerified booking

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A sensational evening that started with an eye opening trip to the local market. We were warmly welcomed with a Baci Ceremony : singing : blessings : snacks and whiskey shots. Followed by a fun weaving class then onto the cooking class and the delicious meal. We finished up with some more Music and a personal lesson on how to play the instrument. All the hosts made us feel really relaxed and welcome. Lots of laughs, and a huge meal. There was plenty of food to share from soup, salads, stir fry, fish and pork cooked in banana leaves, finishing with sticky rice, coconut milk and mango. All tastes were catered for, spicy or not, vegetarians and meat lovers alike. Absolutely recommend this experience. Turns out I am hopeless at weaving but might get a gig playing the instrument. Vice versa for Jo. A BIG THANKYOU TO ALL from Naomi and Jo. ☺️☺️🇦🇺

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