(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kandra Konboukay, 7 stands by her mother as she makes a papaya salad, during the Wat Lao Salt Lake Buddharam Utah, New Year Celebration, in West Valley City, Sunday, April 28, 2019.
Hundreds gathered on Sunday at the Wat Lao Salt Lake Buddharam of Utah Temple for the Lao New Year Festival. The festival celebrates the Lao new year in a two day celebration featuring music, dancing, a pageant and cultural performances, as well as Lao, Thai and Cambodian food. Donations from the festival go toward the new Assembly Hall, which is under construction.
