SRP Kathen religious procession and ceremony in Svay Rieng province October 25, 2009

Kathen is a Buddhist traditional procession and ceremony organized each year, towards the end of the rainy season, in order for the faithful to collect donations to make offerings to the monks at a chosen pagoda among thousands of them throughout the whole country. The 2009 SRP Kathen took place at Sam Rainsy’s house in Phnom Penh on October 24 and at Ang Romdenh pagoda (Koh Kban Kandal village, Samraong commune, Chantrea district) in Svay Rieng province on the following day. The Ang Romdenh pagoda was chosen because it is a most dilapidated pagoda in a most remote area on the border with Vietnam.