People visit the Ounalom pagoda in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 14, 2022. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua)
PHNOM PENH, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia begins to celebrate the traditional New Year festival after muted celebrations in the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. People celebrate the holiday by participating in various folk activities and religious ceremonies.
People make offerings to a Buddhist monk at the Langka pagoda in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 14, 2022. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua)
People play traditional game tug-of-war in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 10, 2022. (Photo by Phearum/Xinhua)
Artists perform Trot dance in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 8, 2022. Trot dance is always staged to usher in the traditional Khmer New Year and to ward off bad luck. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua)
A woman lights incense sticks at the Prek Bangkang pagoda in southern Kandal province, Cambodia on April 14, 2022. (Photo by Phearum/Xinhua)■
