Category Archives: Festival

Cambodia’s Water Festival 2009

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Kounila Keo

 There are nearly 400 boats this year while the number exceeded 400 last year. The difference is quite insignificant. Anyway, there are less people than last year, so there is a lot of fun because people don’t have to push … Continue reading →

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Water buffalo races mark the end of Cambodia’s Death Festival

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Kounila Keo

  VIHEAR SUOR, CAMBODIA – More than a thousand of Cambodians gather in a village, northeast of the capital Saturday for annual water buffalo races to end the country’s festival for the dead.The buffalo races mark the last day of … Continue reading →

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I find this AFP article quite funny!!

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Kounila Keo

‘Ghost’ dollars offered for Pol Pot’s shoes: report PHNOM PENH (AFP) — A Cambodian photographer’s attempt to sell the sandals of late Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot has yielded only one bid — 790,000 fake dollars offered in protest at … Continue reading →

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