Sunday 22 April 2007

Sunday 22nd April

This is the Festival of Poon Phnoms (to erect sand hills ).

I think they build 12 of them, one for each Khmer year (this is the year of the Golden Pig). When it gets dark, everyone goes round the castles and places incense and sometimes money in them. You pay special attention to the castle representing your birth year - I am the Year of the Goat apparently.

The Children then play traditional games into the night.





The final ceremony is washing the Budha. I did't get a picture of it, but this is the where it happens

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