Christmas in Cambodia.

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Christmas in Cambodia.

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Lots of tinsel, an excuse to celebrate and sing silly songs. Lots of ladies dress in red, because... Christmas.
Nobody knows what they are celebrating but who cares.

Khmerry Christmas
by Hannah Hawkins | December 24, 2016

Reth Suzana, a 16-year-old semi-finalist from the last season of The Voice Cambodia—a wildly popular spinoff of the U.S. television competition—released one of her first singles last week as Phnom Penh was preparing for one of its favorite new holidays.

“Christmas is Back,” sung in a mix of English and Khmer, begins true to form, with the familiar festive sound of sleigh bells and Suzana crooning “Christmas, Christmas, oh, Christmas tree.”

For Suzana, and many other Cambodians who have embraced the imagery and traditions of the holiday, Christmas is more of a mood and a style, the history and meaning of which is, well, meaningless.

Asked what Christmas meant to her, Suzana replied: “I don’t really know.”

Full article:https://www.cambodiadaily.com/weekend/k ... as-122395/
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