The Water Khmer Festival

The water celebration is a standout amongst the most bright and huge celebration in Cambodia society. This celebration is praised every year for three days on the banks of Tonle Sap stream before the Royal Palace. It has had a long history began from old time of Angkor. For three days, Phnom Penh subjects, outside travelers, and laborers from different territories assemble in the capital city to commend the celebration both day and night. A long the stream bank before the royal residence is a standout amongst the most jammed spots in the city. Amid the water celebration, the general population like watching pontoon dashing on the waterway in the afernrnoon. Throughout the night they appreciate watching firecracker show, lamp drifting (Bandeth Pratip), moving and listening to music. Every one of the things are viewed as, the water celebration is truly superb in khmer society.

Bon Om Touk (Khmer: , IPA: [bon om tuːk]), or the Cambodian Water Festival, is a Cambodian festival celebrated in November and marks a reversal of the flow of the Tonle Sap River. Every town and province joins in with the festival but the biggest celebrations take place in Phnom Penh with boat racing along the Sisowath Quay. For three days, workers from every province join with the city's residents to celebrate by night and day. The festival lasts for three days, and commemorates the end of the country's rainy season, as well as the reversal of flow of the Tonle Sap River. It includes boat races and concerts, and attracts several million people each year.

In the water festival the celebrations are: 

Ak Ambok (Khmer: , IPA: [ʔɑk ɑmboːk]) is named after the rice dish which shapes part of the Bon Om Tuk service. Rice is fricasseed in the husk and after that beat with a goliath pestle. The husks are evacuated and the unique rice blended with coconut and banana. This conventional Khmer dish is sold all through the celebration: Ak Ambok, Sampheah Preah Khae, and Bandaet Pratip

Sampeah Preah Khae (Khmer: , IPA: [sɑmpeəʰ preəʰ kʰaːe]) is a service in which welcome are made to the moon. After the Sampeah Preah Khae function individuals accumulate at a pagoda at midnight for Ak Ambok.

Bandaet Pratip (Khmer: , IPA: [ɓɑndaːet prɑtiːp]) starts around 7 pm with lit up pontoons taking to the water. Every watercraft speaks to an administration service or state foundation.

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