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Showing posts with label Pchum Ben 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pchum Ben 2009. Show all posts
Monday, September 21, 2009
200 Cambodians held a Pchum Ben ceremony at Wat Keo Sekha Kirisvarak
Cambodian monks and Buddhist laypeople held a Buddhist ceremony at Wat Keo Sekha Kirisvarak. (Photo: Keo Nimol, RFA)20 September 2009
Source: Radio Free Asia
Reported in English by Khmerization
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Two hundred Khmer tourists and Buddhist laypeople have held a Pchum Ben ceremony at Wat Keo Sekha Kirisvarak on Saturday the 19th of September, even though the military situations in the areas are still tense.
Thai troops occupied Wat Keo Sekha Kirisvarak on 15th July 2008, a week after Unesco inscribed the temple as a world heritage site. Ten Thai troops remained at the pagoda ever since.
Ven. Chan Thero, the abbott of Wat Keo Sekha Kirisvarak pagoda, said due to tense military situations the numbers of ceremony participants have significantly dropped to less than previous years. "But the conditions now are better than before because our troops have helped the monks a lot so when we hold any ceremony we face less obstacles than before. In short, the conditions are much better than before because, before, the roads to the temple are very bad, but now the roads are much better", he said.
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Thai troops occupied Wat Keo Sekha Kirisvarak on 15th July 2008, a week after Unesco inscribed the temple as a world heritage site. Ten Thai troops remained at the pagoda ever since.
Ven. Chan Thero, the abbott of Wat Keo Sekha Kirisvarak pagoda, said due to tense military situations the numbers of ceremony participants have significantly dropped to less than previous years. "But the conditions now are better than before because our troops have helped the monks a lot so when we hold any ceremony we face less obstacles than before. In short, the conditions are much better than before because, before, the roads to the temple are very bad, but now the roads are much better", he said.
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Phchum Ben 2009 Exodus from Phnom Penh
Cambodians, along with their belongings, pile up on a pickup truck driven in the capital Phnom Penh's outskirts, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Thousands of Cambodians head homes in the countryside to celebrate the traditional Pchum Ben festival for the dead. The celebrations run from Sept. 18 to 20. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian people drive motorbikes on a busy street in the capital Phnom Penh's outskirts in Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Thousands of Cambodians head homes in the countryside to celebrate the traditional Pchum Ben festival for the dead. The celebrations run from Sept. 18 to 20. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodians, along with their belongings, pile up on a pickup truck in the capital Phnom Penh's outskirts in Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Thousands of Cambodians head homes in the countryside to celebrate the traditional Pchum Ben festival for the dead. The celebrations run from Sept. 18 to 20. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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