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Baci (Lao: ບາສີ; Thai: บายศรี RTGS: bai si) and su kwan (Lao: ສູ່ຂວັນ; Thai: สู่ขวัญ RTGS: su khwan; meaning calling of the soul) is an important ceremony practiced in Lao culture and Northern and Isan Thai culture.Baci is a phi ritual used to celebrate important events and occasions like births and marriages and also entering the monkhood departing returning beginning a new year and welcoming or bidding etc.