PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodians threw rice on the ground on Tuesday to mark the 'Festival of the Dead' or Pchum Ben and feed the spirits of the dead. Cambodians visit pagodas across the country ...

16, 2020. Buddhists in Cambodia on Wednesday began to celebrate the traditional Pchum Ben festival, or Ancestors' Day. (Photo by Phearum/Xinhua) People light incense sticks at a pagoda in Phnom ...

While Cambodia's state religion is Buddhism, many Cambodians continue to practice ancestor worship as well as animism in certain parts of the country. KEYWORDS Pchum Ben Ghost festival Cambodia ...

An autumn festival in Cambodia provides a chance for families to honour their long line of ancestors - as well as feed any starving spirits. Pchum Ben, also known as the Khmer Festival of the ...

according to Cambodia's Tourism Ministry on Saturday. Pchum Ben festival, or honoring-the-dead festival, from Tuesday to Thursday, is one of the largest religious festivals in the Southeast Asian ...

PHNOM PENH, Sept 19 (Xinhua): More than 1.11 million domestic and foreign tourists traveled in Cambodia during the three-day Pchum Ben festival, or Ancestor's Day, after the Covid-19 situation has ...

The 15th and final day of the festival, Pchum Ben Day (it was October 13 this year), marks the start of a two-day public holiday in Cambodia. Pchum Ben, the second most important festival on the ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Phnom Penh, Sep 29 (IANS) Cambodia on Sunday began to provide free bus service to transport people to their hometowns for the Pchum Ben festival, or the Ancestor's Day, which will ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet said celebrations of the traditional Pchum Ben festival was essential to preserve and promote Cambodia's beautiful culture, tradition and custom for next generations.

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodians threw rice on the ground on Tuesday to mark the 'Festival of the Dead' or Pchum Ben and feed the spirits of the dead. Cambodians visit pagodas across the country ...