Pchum Ben

pchum ben (ancestral festival)

 

Pchum Ben is the biggest ancestral festival in Cambodia. The best time to learn and see Cambodian Buddhism is now (Mid Of September to Beginning of October). It lasts for fifteen days. In the early morning locals go shopping and cook special food to offer the monks at pagoda by their home or even further. People wear in traditional way to go to the temples. People come back home after the monks finish having lunch. From day to day local people try to go to different pagodas, they believe that their ancestors are seeking them at different pagodas in order to get food. Well, ladies and gentle men if you wish to visit in Sihanoukville, SK Tours will show you all bout Cambodian.

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