Cambodian festivals and events
Any exciting events in your country in 2011? Festivals? Special occasions?
Cambodia has more holidays than just about anywhere. From International Labor day,Woman’s rights day,Liberation day,to the birthday of the King or his Father,odds are it will be a holiday when you get here or you will have just missed one. But with all the holidays its impossible for Cambodians to make a big deal of them all,but there are three holidays that Cambodians go all out for.
1. The boat races. Each year in November teams go head to head paddling just as they would have during the time of Angkor. The population of Phnom Penh doubles and almost all of them are lined up along the river to watch and cheer the event. If the crowds in Phnom Penh are too much,Siem Reap has races down its small river with smaller boats and smaller crowd sizes. There are still lots of people,especially from the surrounding countryside,that come to enjoy the fun. This festival will be November 9th to 11th.
Cambodia has more holidays than just about anywhere. From International Labor day,Woman’s rights day,Liberation day,to the birthday of the King or his Father,odds are it will be a holiday when you get here or you will have just missed one. But with all the holidays its impossible for Cambodians to make a big deal of them all,but there are three holidays that Cambodians go all out for.
1. The boat races. Each year in November teams go head to head paddling just as they would have during the time of Angkor. The population of Phnom Penh doubles and almost all of them are lined up along the river to watch and cheer the event. If the crowds in Phnom Penh are too much,Siem Reap has races down its small river with smaller boats and smaller crowd sizes. There are still lots of people,especially from the surrounding countryside,that come to enjoy the fun. This festival will be November 9th to 11th.
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