An Overview of Cambodia's Bon Om Touk Water Festival.
For the people of Cambodia, the Water Festival and Bon Om Touk (The Pirogue Racing Festival) in Phnom Penh is the most magnificent traditional festival. For three days Phnom Penh citizens, foreign tourists and peasants from various provinces gather in the capital to celebrate festival night day. The water festival had background for so long time. The water festival ceremony is the army.
The Cambodia Water Festival is celebrated across the country, however, when planning your trip, it’s worth keeping in mind that water festivals were cancelled nationwide due to the October 2012 death of King Norodom Sihanouk and subsequent mourning period, while the Phnom Penh Water Festival didn’t return until 2014 following the cancellation of three festivals out of respect for 353.
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In Cambodia, Water Festival is the most sparkling traditional festival. Spelt in the original Khmer as Bon Om TOuk, Water Festival is celebrated once a year, on the full moon of the Buddhist of Kadeuk (usually in November) at aim of welcome a major natural occurrence: the reversing flow between the Tonle Sap and the Mekong River.
The Royal Water Festival. The Royal Water Festival takes place on the Tonle Sap River, across from the Royal Palace of Cambodia, at a time and place of natural, religious, and historical importance. A rare natural phenomenon on the Tonle Sap River. The Royal Water Festival celebrates a rare natural phenomenon known as the reversal of the Tonle.
Water Festival is a unique and traditional festival of Cambodia. While for the Khmer, Water Festival is a joyful time for welcoming a new year; for international visitors, it is a precious opportunity to join a new culture, forget the tension in life, break social norms and enjoy fun in community-based activities.
Cambodian Water Festival is the most important festival on the Khmer calendar. This is one of the most important events of Cambodia. Every year in November, millions of people from different countries come to Phnom Penh to the shores of the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers to admire this extravagant event or participate in a traditional boat regatta. Water Festival is accompanied by a variety of.