Khmer New Year Celebrations Overseas

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Long Beach, California, 7 April 2019: 11th Annual Cambodia Town Culture Festival

Eat, drink and classical dance at the 11th Annual Cambodia Town Culture Festival
by Stephen Carr

The 11th Annual Cambodian New Year Celebration on Sunday featured classical and popular dance performances, food and demonstrations of various forms of art.

This is the year of the pig.

Among the arts and cultural exhibits on display were Cambodian costuming, drawing, shadow puppets, music, musical instruments, textiles, dressmaking, weddings, gardening, and cooking. The event at Mark Twain Public Library was free and open to the public.


More photos here: https://lbpost.com/life/arts-culture/in ... -festival/

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PICTORIAL: 2019 White Center Cambodian New Year Street Festival
May 3, 2019
By Sam Le
Northwest Asian Weekly


With over 500 attendees, the 2019 White Center Khmer New Year Celebration hosted by the Cambodian Cultural Alliance of Washington (CCAW) celebrated its annual street festival on April 27.

The program included artist and musician Davey Tsunami, cultural performances, and Cambodian cuisine. In order to engage all communities, admission to the event was free and community resources, such as the Cambodian Health Board, Asian Counseling and Referral Service, and White Center Community Development Association, were in attendance.



Sharing roots in both Chinese and Indian cultural influence, Khmer/Cambodian New Year is a three-day celebration by the people of Cambodia. The celebration also coincides with traditional New Year celebration of the Nepalese, Burmese, Lao, and Thai communities. Both the significance of the Lunar calendar and the rainy season are celebrated for good fortune and a bountiful harvest.
http://nwasianweekly.com/2019/05/pictor ... -festival/

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Over 300 domestic helpers from Cambodia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka celebrate combined new year

Ms Iek Saron, a domestic helper from Cambodia, sprinkles water on Cambodia's ambassador to Singapore, Mr Ngoun Sokveng, as a blessing.PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
Published
May 5, 2019, 9:39 pm SGT

SINGAPORE - Domestic worker Iek Saron last celebrated the Khmer New Year at home two years ago but she and her fellow Cambodians did not let that stop them from enjoying the festivities here on Sunday (May 5).

Ms Iek, 32, was one of around 300 foreign domestic workers - not just from her native Cambodia but Myanmar and Sri Lanka as well - at a combined celebration organised by Fast, a Singapore non-profit organisation.

The event commemorated the Khmer New Year, Myanmar's Thingyan Festival marking its new year and the Sri Lankan Sinhalese New Year, which all fell in April.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/ ... e-combined