Festivals

This fun three-day nationwide holiday in Cambodia celebrates the end of the harvest season and is a chance for farmers to relax before the rainy season comes. Cambodians celebrate by visiting temples and friends, playing games and preparing grand offerings to spirits to ensure good luck for the coming year.

Though this festival is referred to as the ‘birthday of Buddha’, it also celebrates Buddha’s enlightenment and passing and as such, is one of the most important events in the Buddhist calendar. Devotees visit the pagodas and make offerings of flowers and fruits, while abstaining from alcohol and other prohibited activities.