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First day of Pchum Ben Festival in Cambodia
A woman lights incense during the first day of the "Pchum Ben" festival, also known as "Festival of the Dead", at a temple in Phnom Penh, September 15, 2008. Cambodians throughout the country visit temples during the 15-day festival to offer prayers to loved ones who have passed away. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Women light incense during the first day of the "Pchum Ben" festival, also known as "Festival of the Dead", at a temple in Phnom Penh, September 15, 2008. Cambodians throughout the country visit temples during the 15-day festival to offer prayers to loved ones who have passed away. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Buddhists monks look on as people offer rice during the first day of the "Pchum Ben" festival, also known as "Festival of the Dead", at a temple in Phnom Penh, September 15, 2008. Cambodians throughout the country visit temples during the 15-day festival to offer prayers to loved ones who have passed away. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Women light incense during the first day of the "Pchum Ben" festival, also known as "Festival of the Dead", at a temple in Phnom Penh, September 15, 2008. Cambodians throughout the country visit temples during the 15-day festival to offer prayers to loved ones who have passed away. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
A woman prays during the first day of the "Pchum Ben" festival, also known as "Festival of the Dead", at a temple in Phnom Penh, September 15, 2008. Cambodians throughout the country visit temples during the 15-day festival to offer prayers to loved ones who have passed away. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
A woman lights incense during the first day of the "Pchum Ben" festival, also known as "Festival of the Dead", at a temple in Phnom Penh, September 15, 2008. Cambodians throughout the country visit temples during the 15-day festival to offer prayers to loved ones who have passed away. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Women light incense during the first day of the "Pchum Ben" festival, also known as "Festival of the Dead", at a temple in Phnom Penh, September 15, 2008. Cambodians throughout the country visit temples during the 15-day festival to offer prayers to loved ones who have passed away. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Buddhists monks look on as people offer rice during the first day of the "Pchum Ben" festival, also known as "Festival of the Dead", at a temple in Phnom Penh, September 15, 2008. Cambodians throughout the country visit temples during the 15-day festival to offer prayers to loved ones who have passed away. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Women light incense during the first day of the "Pchum Ben" festival, also known as "Festival of the Dead", at a temple in Phnom Penh, September 15, 2008. Cambodians throughout the country visit temples during the 15-day festival to offer prayers to loved ones who have passed away. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
A woman prays during the first day of the "Pchum Ben" festival, also known as "Festival of the Dead", at a temple in Phnom Penh, September 15, 2008. Cambodians throughout the country visit temples during the 15-day festival to offer prayers to loved ones who have passed away. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
9 comments:
"pchum ben" is like memorial day(or halloween)celebration in the USA, except khmer people mark this celebration for 15 days. this holiday is one of cambodia's cultural and traditional holidays. happy pchum ben, everybody. god bless cambodia.
I celebrate the Pchun Men every Year. But I hate, I hate, I hate the Bach Ben (throwing out the rice).
We should stop this insultant and wasted practice. It the 21 Century.
Don't be KUMPI NIYUM or Buddhist fundamentalist. It's Spupid!
It is indeed senseless to practice the Bach Bun. They're wasting good rice. This celebration is merely for young people to meet each other. From what i heard from the youngsters, they go there to meet their sweethearts or try to meet other people. They would go at around 2 or 3am to go throw the rice balls around the temples and stay till the sunrise. I just don't understand how Khmer people are so strict and protective of their children and yet, they let their teenager kids go to meet up at the temples which no longer stand for a sacred religious ground during these nights, but rather a love ground.
10:18pm IF YOU GO TO CAMBODIA AND BE THERE FOR YEARS YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOUR STUPIDI COMMENT IS REAL STUPID!
Hey stupid above, do you know why American vast pumkin in halloween decoration an stuff in Crismast? That what we Cambodia doo not to be stupid like you fucking communist goat face ah ho Chimin mother fucker!
Bless all who didn't forget our ancestors!
3:15pm & 3:18am, I live in Srok Khmer assholes. Who says anything about abandoning the celebration? Yeah, I celebrate Pchum Bun every year, but I wldn't be letting my teenage kids....especially daughters, if I have one, to run off to these temples for 15 DAYS at around 3am to 4am. Or even earlier. Yeah, that's right, Bach Bun last 15 days! I aint a yorn, shitheads! How could u compare this to carving out the pumpkins and decorating the Christmas trees idiots? We're talking about your kids running around at night time when u live in a country that is protective of their children? It's not ok if your kids come home an hour or 2 late, but it's ok to go and hang out at the temples at night? YOu are the fucken communist mother f*ckers! Use your f*cken brain, if u have one!
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