For the people of Cambodia, the water
festival is the most magnificent traditional festival. For three days Phnom
Penh citizens, foreign tourists and peasants from various provinces gather in
the capital in celebrating festival both night and day. The water festival had
background for so long time. The water festival had background for so long
time. The water festival had background for so long time. The water festival
ceremony is the army training to do attest of the army for preparing to do a
battle. In the history, Khmer King always does the battle with enemies by
sailing. So he prepares this water festival ceremony every year to choose
Champion of sailing battle, as in Bayon Temple, Bonteay Chhmar in the Preah
Batjeyvarman VII. We had seen a lot of statues about sailing battle under
leading of Jayvarman VII. The custom of this is to have from then up to the
present. Finally the water festival is the festivity for the Cambodian people
who celebrated every years and going for a walk during the ceremony days really
refreshed our mood. The lively festive atmosphere helped relive our tension and
trouble.
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