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HENRIETTA, N.Y. — The Wat Pa Lao Buddhadham Temple in Henrietta celebrated the Lao community on Sunday during its annual Lao-Thai Food Festival.
The festival included music, authentic food, and visits to the Zen Garden. Visitors also got to see the Golden Shrine, only open to visitors on special occasions.
Rochester’s Lao community began building the temple on Martin Road in the 1990s. The temple aims to be a place of peace, community, and restoration for people regardless of religious affiliation.