Ceremonies in Cambodia

http://www.parish-without-borders.net/cditt/cambodia/dailylife/2007/pben2007.htm

Pchum Ben Ceremony

Pchum Ben is a most important holiday and cultural event in Cambodia. Officially it is a celebration of one's ancestors, honoring them and offering sacrifices to free their spirits. In its showing respect for the dead, it is like All Souls Day in the West, and, indeed, the Vatican has given permission for the Catholic Church in Cambodia to celebrate All Souls Day during Pchum Ben, instead of on November 2nd, so that Cambodian Catholics will feel at one with their culture. Pchum Ben has another dimension, too. It is expected that everyone must return to his or her home village in the various provinces to honor the ancestors. This family dimension and the need to go home is similar to the cultural imperative most Americans feel at Thanksgiving.

Catholics in Phnom Penh celebrated the day with a liturgy in the morning followed by a ceremony at a stupa where cremation ashes for an honored few persons are kept on the church grounds.

Thanks khmerpride for nice video. after this happy pchum ben we will enjoy another big ceremony which is Water festival. That time pp city will full of people and vehicle. We will see boat race, Loy brotip(a kind of small boat decorated with khmer traditional) we will see Chaktomuk river(4 face river in front of royal palace) with colourful of Protib. But before this nice festival come, let see King's coronation day on 29 october and the majesty king Sihaknou's birthday on 31 october.

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Bon Om Touk or Water Festival is one of my favorite holidays in Camboida. I like to watch the brotit and the firework at night nat.


Day time( boat racing)




At night:banana::banana::banana:


The brotit

Some Brotit

20, 21, 22, this November. Cambodia will celebrated a big festival which is Water festival known as Bon om touk. Some Asean country like Singapore, Lao, vietnam, Thailand, etc also send thier boat racer to compete with cambodian boat racer. During these 3 days many many people come from provinces and many tourists will come to pp city to enjoy this festival. Almost every boulevard is stuck with traffic jam. :-S

May 09 is Royal Ploughing Day Ceremony (Khmerreah Reach Pithi Chrot Preah Neangkol)









All images are from
http://news.sabay.com.kh/articles/241175

All images are from
http://news.sabay.com.kh/articles/241175

The ceremony

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