Younger musicians took heart stage on the Kids’s Khaen Contest 2025 in Vientiane on 6 December, demonstrating how conventional tradition and early childhood growth can work hand in hand.
Organized by the Ministry of Tradition and Tourism, Sala Sujipuli, and the Namjai Neighborhood Affiliation, the occasion was supported by UNICEF Lao PDR by its “Luem Ton Di” (Good Begins) initiative, powered by Vroom, and the Swiss Growth Cooperation.
Now in its third version, the competition introduced collectively kids, households, academics, and cultural leaders almost 100 from throughout the nation for a celebration of Lao heritage.
On the coronary heart of the competition was the Khaen, Laos’ conventional bamboo mouth organ. UNESCO acknowledged the Khaen and its music as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2017, highlighting its function as an important image of Lao id and social cohesion. Kids aged 7 to 18 carried out on stage, constructing confidence whereas carrying this residing custom ahead.
In his opening remarks, UNICEF Nation Consultant Bilal Aurang Zeb Durrani praised the younger performers’ creativity and braveness, thanking mother and father and academics for championing studying by tradition. He emphasised that play strengthens kids’s brains, improves focus, teaches teamwork, and allows self-expression.
The occasion additionally showcased Luem Ton Di, a cellular app by UNICEF and the Lao Ladies’s Union that adapts the worldwide Vroom instrument for Lao households, providing science-based suggestions and WhatsApp steerage to show on a regular basis actions into brain-building alternatives for kids, even in distant communities.
