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| 04-04-10-Cambodian dancers perform before the start of last year's annual Cambodian New Year parade that took place on Anaheim Street between Junipero Avenue and MacArthur Park in Long Beach. (Stephen Carr / Press-Telegram) |
MacArthur Park celebration follows march down Anaheim.
03/31/2011
By Greg Mellen, Staff Writer
Long Beach Press Telegram (California, USA)
LONG BEACH — The seventh annual Cambodian New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Rabbit, hops off the curb Saturday at the corner of Junipero Avenue and Anaheim Street.
The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the traditional blessing of the event by Buddhist monks. The actual parade is slated to take off at 10 a.m. in front of the UCC Plaza.
There had been talk of shortening the parade route, but UCC building owner Gary Fultheim agreed to pay the extra money required to maintain the parade route launch point in front of his property.
This year's grand marshals are Sara Pol-Lim, Kimthai Kuoch, Jeanetta McAlpin and Steve Meng.
Kuoch is the executive director of the Cambodian Association of America and Pol-Lim is the executive director of the United Cambodian Community. CAA and UCC are the two main social service providers in Long Beach for Cambodian-Americans. McAlpin and Meng both have extensive backgrounds in helping Cambodians with their mental health, social and legal needs.
About 50 groups have signed up to participate in this year's event.
After the parade there will be entertainment and festivities at MacArthur Park until 4:30 p.m. For the second straight year a carnival will take place on the empty lot at Anaheim Street and Walnut Avenue.
Also for the second straight year, the parade takes place more than two weeks before the actual Cambodian New Year, which is a three-day celebration between April 14 and 16.
The parade and the New Year Celebration, which will be April 9 at El Dorado Park, moved their dates so as not to conflict with the 37 th annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Once again organizers struggled to pay for the event. In the past couple years donations have plummeted and not bounced back. Earlier this year, several meetings were staged to find ways to raise money or cut costs. Area teenagers staged a car wash to raise money and other fund-raisers helped the Cambodian Coordinating Council, which overseas both of the area's main Cambodian New Year events.
The Cambodian New Year Celebration April 9 at El Dorado Park Area III, 7550 E. Spring St, runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It features religious ceremonies, ethnic food, games and live entertainment including traditional Khmer performances and music with popular Khmer singers.
Advance admission to the event is $23 per vehicle and $7 entrance fee to be paid to the city. Advance tickets are available at many Cambodian restaurants and businesses throughout Long Beach. See www.cam-cc.org for a complete list of locations.
greg.mellen@presstelegram.com, 562-499-1291
6 comments:
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 10,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 10,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 10,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 10,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
Do white American agree to this showcase ????
If they do, why is that ????
The one in the middle is FAT APSARA!
Chrook apsara!
Khmer’s Actuary Financial and economic investigation found that Dr. Hun Sen and his families’ money is not less than US$ 100 billion in all around the world including banks deposited, investments and properties around the world.
All relatives of Dr. Hun Sen ( above 380 families of Dr. Hun Sen together ) is not less than US$ 200 Billion including all their properties and banks deposited and investments all around the world.
Plus the secret money such as drugs dealer, Gold, Silver, diamonds, forest trees cut down, Angkor watt and over 1000 Khmer ancient temples tourist income, oil in the year 2012...During Dr. Hun Sen’s regime, his economic miss calculation and management make Cambodia loss revenue not less that US$ 1 600 Billion to Thailand and mostly Vietnam.
Plus foreign aid Japan alone donates US$ 150 Billion so far. Where is the money? Interesting isn’t it?
Approximately 10 000Km2 to Vietnam (10 000Km2 of sea with full of sea foods protein, oil, minerals include Koh Trol)
65% of Cambodia forest trees have been cut down for private selling only.
Dr. Hun Sen and his families, relatives and friends are stealing from 90% Cambodian people that earn less than $2 per day. They steal 90% Cambodian people health, well being, Khmer dignity, cut down 90% Cambodian people life expectancy, foods...from 90% Cambodian people. Plus pump in more Vietnamese (approximately not less than 5 million Vietnamese in Cambodia) into Cambodia to make 90% of Cambodian people poorer and sufferer.
By Khmer’s Actuary Economic science internal revenue investigation,
Why does KI not back up the articles with proper evidence? Where is the proof of what you claim ..Can not win with the truth so what else do you have to loss with the lies?
Cambodia lost Kha Trawl Island in 1952 unde Sihanouk. Guess what Hun Sen was not born then.
Its ok to put the blame where the blame belongs when you have supporting evidence to back it up.
Maybe you should ask your advisors if they are not too drunk or broke to advise.Look at your supporters from LB what a disgrace they are.
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