Water Festival:
Cambodian Most Dynamic Event
Water Festival, an annual three-day event, is enthusiastically celebrated in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Competing with the Khmer New Year, it is one of the most important Cambodians holidays.
In Khmer, Water Festival is called Bonn Om Toeuk – a special
event to celebrate Full Moon day and show thanks to Tonle
Sap River – an ecological hot spot that was recognized as a
UNESCO biosphere in 1997. This year, the event is
commemorated in late November.
In this occasion, carnival is spread out in Phnom Penh:
open-air live concerts are held, make-shift food stalls
selling a variety of local fare are set up in parks and
children as well as adults take rides on ferries wheels.
The festival marks a unique natural phenomenon - the Tonle
Sap River reverses the flow of its current. It is probably
the only waterway in the world which flows in opposite
directions at different times of the year. From November to
May, the Tonle Sap River runs into the Mekong, but the
current strangely change direction and flow back into the
Tonle Sap Lake on the arrival of the monsoon rains. Boat
races propelled by precision-trained oarsmen as well as
fireworks displays are held at the river. This is one of the
major events in the Kingdom which attracts multitudes of
people from the various provinces to the capital Phnom Penh.
The Festival also coincides with the full moon of the
Buddhist calendar month of Kadeuk. The Cambodians believe
that the full moon is a good omen which promises a bountiful
harvest. On this night, people gather to give thanks to the
moon, wish for the next bumper crop, and enjoy Cambodian
specialty.
The carnival atmosphere ashore and the boat races on the
Tonle Sap attract a lot of international visitors who enjoy
Cambodia travel. This
festival is totally worth a trip in which you will have
chance to learn about a new culture, local customs and
traditions and even a different Asia as well. Feel free to
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