Back to Khmer New Year

Just before my accident, I took part in some lovely traditional Khmer New Year celebrations. Like last year, CoDeC arranged for some monks to come to bless us, so the staff spent a happy day preparing flowers and gifts for the small ceremony in the office, and transported the monks on the backs of their motos to and from their pagoda.

On New Years Day itself, everyone dresses up and takes a picnic to the pagoda for more Buddhist blessings.

One tradition I managed to avoid this year was water and flour throwing. This little girl seems to have covered her own face with flour.