White Jasmine Flower
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LAOS -
Laos is a small country in southeastern Asia that borders Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia. The song “Dok Djampa” is about the white Jasmine flower, which is the national flower of Laos. Hundreds of years ago, Laos was called Lan Xang, which means “kingdom of a million elephants.” Elephants still live in Laos today, along with Asiatic black bears, tigers and cobras, but the forests are disappearing quickly. Most of Laos is covered by forests and mountains, which are hard to live and travel in. The people are poor and need food. They are cutting down the forests in the low lands to make room for farms. Here they grow rice, strawberries, pineapples and vegetables. Fishermen catch fish. |