Phnom Penh – Bon Om Tuk Water Fetival
After visiting S-21 in the morning, Phnom Penh delighted us in the evening as the country celebrated Bon Om Tuk – the water festival.
Bon Om Tuk is one of the largest events in Cambodia and marks the end of the rainy season, occuring in November for three nights during the full moon. The festival is a thanksgiving to the Mekong River for rich, fertile land and abundant fish.
In Khmer Bon Om Tuk literally means ‘the festival of the boat races’. Villages from all over the country send teams with their dragon boats to compete for three days of races which take place until sunset. Over 350 boats participate annually competing for a grand first prize of…100 dollars (around fifty pounds). That pot of gold is then shared between as many as 70 rowers.
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