WATER FESTIVAL, MOON FESTIVAL
(A MYRIAD OF VIBRANT COLORURR AND EXCITEMENTS, THE WATER FESTIVAL IS TRULY A WONDER TO BEHOLD)
The water festival, a spectacle to behold, is probably the most exuberant festival held each year in November. It is usually celebrated for 3 days, example 14th and 15th day of the waxing moon and the 1st day of the waning moon in the mouth of Kadek. The 15th day of the waxing moon is the last full moon day.
The festival ushers in the fishing season, marks a change in the flow of the Tonle Sao and the ebbing water season and is seen as thanksgiving to the Mekong River for providing the country with fertile land and abundant fish.
At the height of the rainy season, the water of the Mekong River forces the Tonle Sap to reverse its current and to flow up to the Tonle Sap Lake. As the water of the Mekong River forces the Tonle Sap to reverse its current and to flow up to the Tonle Sap Lake. As the water of the Mekong River begins to subside, the swollen Tonle Sap Lake flows back to the Mekong River through the Tonle Sap and empties into the sea, which leaves behind vast quantities of fish. This, indeed, is a remarkable phenomenon of the Tonle Sap.
3 CEREMONIES UNDERPIN THE ENTIRE WATER FESTIVAL
LOY PRATIP: An evening fluvial parade, featuring beautifully illuminated boats lighting up the waterways. Government institutions each sponsor a boat on the parade.
Sampeas Preah Khe: Salutation to the moon. The full moon is highly regarded and people give thanks to the moon on Bon Om Touk and pray for a bountiful harvest ahead.
Auk Ambok : At midnight , celebrates gather at temples to eat “ Ambok” ( “flattened rice”). Which is basically rice fried with the husk still intact. They then pound to remove the husk and mixed the flattened rice with banana and coconut.
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