If the Thanh Minh (grave-visiting) is an occasion for Vietnamese and Chinese people to look to the past to remember their ancestors and deceased relatives, take care of and repair graves, the Khmer people celebrate the Chol Chnam Thmay to commemorate both the past and the future. Chol Chnam Thmay Festival usually takes place around mid-April every year. These days, coming to temples of the Khmer ethnic group in the south, visitors will be immersed in the bustling atmosphere to welcome the Chol Chnam Thmay traditional New Year.Īccording to locals, this is the time between rainy and dry seasons with lush vegetation, considered as the beginning of a favourable year. The festival expresses the wish for a new year of favourable rain and wind, and bountiful crops. Hanoi (VNA) - Chol Chnam Thmay New Year is the biggest festival on the Khmer calendar, which takes place around mid-April of the solar calendar every year. Photo: Monks and Khmer people in Phum Soc villages in Soc Trang province decorate the temple grounds to welcome the new year.
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