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2. Bon Om Touk - Wikipedia

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   The festival had been celebrated occasionally after Phnom Penh became Cambodia's capital in 1866 during the French Protectorate period. After World War II, the Water Festival was also celebrated in Phnom Penh in 1945, and then in 1953, after the Independence of Cambodia from France. In the 1960s, the scope of the festival grew with double the ...

3. Culture of Cambodia - Wikipedia

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   Over nearly two millennia, Cambodians have developed a unique Cambodian culture and belief system from the syncreticism of indigenous animistic beliefs and the Indian religions of Buddhism and Hinduism. Cambodia's achievements in art, architectures, music, and dance from the 9th and 14th century have had a great influence on many neighboring ...

4. Phnom Penh - Wikipedia

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   Phnom Penh ( / pəˌnɒm ˈpɛn, ˌpnɒm -/; [ 6][ 7][ 8] Khmer: ភ្នំពេញ, Phnum Pénh [pʰnomˈpɨɲ], lit. 'Penh's Hill/Mountain') is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic ...

5. Royal Ploughing Ceremony - Wikipedia

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   King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia at the Royal Ploughing Ceremony in Phnom Penh. Royal Ploughing Ceremony in Cambodia (2017). In Cambodia, the history of the Ploughing Ceremony can be traced back to Funan period (1st-6th century) and was introduced from ancient India.

6. Chaktomuk Conference Hall - Wikipedia

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   Chaktomuk Hall takes it name "from the original site of Phnom Penh at the junction of four rivers", the Upper and the Lower Mekong, the Tonle Sap, and the Bassac. Chaktomuk has given its name to the current era of Cambodian history, after the Angkor, Longvek and Oudong eras. History The Salle de Conférence since 1961

7. Pchum Ben - Wikipedia

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   Pchum Ben (Khmer: ភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ, Phchŭm Bĕnd [pʰcom bən], lit. "balled rice gathering" or Khmer: សែនដូនតា, Sen Don Ta, lit. "offerings for ancestors" in the Khmer Surin and Khmer Krom communities) is a Cambodian 15-day religious festival, culminating in celebrations on the 15th day of the tenth month in the Khmer calendar, at the end of the Buddhist Lent ...

8. Buddhism in Cambodia - Wikipedia

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   Phnom Penh was originally a small riverside market center where the Mekong River and the Tonle Sap River converge. Phnom Penh was founded when Lady Penh found a "four-faced Buddha" floating down the river on a Koki tree during the flooding season. She retrieved the Buddha image and had the Wat Phnom constructed to house the image.

9. Wat Phnom - Wikipedia

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   Wat Phnom ( Khmer: វត្តភ្នំ, UNGEGN: Vôtt Phnum, ALA-LC: Vatt Bhnaṃ [ʋɔət pʰnom]; "Mountain Pagoda") is a Buddhist temple ( wat) in Doun Penh, Phnom Penh. It is a pagoda, that symbolizes the name of Phnom Penh, and a historical site that is part of the Khmer national identity. Wat Phnom has a total height of 46 meters ...