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Translated from Khmer by Socheata
The city of Phnom Penh plans to organize large festivities for the 3-day National New Year. During a meeting held in the morning of 07 April, Kep Chuktema, the city governor, asked all public and private institutions in Phnom Penh city, as well as all pagodas, schools, factories, companies and every house to decorate their premises with colored lights, banners, national flags, religious flags, and to prepare incense sticks and candles as offering to Lord Buddha, and fruits and other offerings to welcome the New Year according to national custom and tradition. The city department of culture and fine arts will organize entertainment programs such as the “Choal Chhoung,” “Boh Ang-kunh,” rope pulling competition, shuttlecock kicking competition, hiding the handkerchief, dancing along public places, in particular at the Wat Phnom park and in the park located in front of Wat Botum pagoda. Besides these traditional games, the city hall will also organize a number of other competition games as well, such as climbing slippery poles, bag jumping, etc… During the first evening of the New Year, the city hall will light colored lights, and there will also be fireworks to welcome the New Year Tevoda (angel).
5 comments:
decorate premises with colored lights?-with the electricity cut every day?
With the new year which arrives let us wish our king and the government a very happy New Year.
Remember one thing - The freaking frailing king committed himself to be the Viet/Yuon's slave to the last minute of his life here on planet earth...Do Cambodia and the Cambodian people deserve that?
help keep khmer identity strong. are khmer gradually experiencing a renaissance? god bless cambodia.
These baboons in Cambodia just learn to copy the overseas Cambodians who know how to display the Khmer culture and traditions. They do it with style on the streets and at a park.
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