Artists perform archery during the Sankranta festival at the Angkor Archeological Park in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, on April 16, 2023. (Photo by Sao Khuth/Xinhua)
SIEM REAP, Cambodia, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Sankranta means "beginning of a new year" in Cambodia's Khmer language. At the famed Angkor Archeological Park, artists here perform archery during the Sankranta festival or traditional New Year celebrations.
Starting on Friday, the three-day Sankranta festival is the largest annual holiday in the Southeast Asian country. Various activities enriched the whole celebrations, with people blowing trumpets in the parade, spraying water on the grass, and men participating in archery competitions, which are cheerful and enthusiastic.
People play with water at the famed Angkor Archeological Park in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, on April 16, 2023. (Photo by Sao Khuth/Xinhua)
A parade of the Sankranta festival, or traditional New Year, is held at the famed Angkor Archeological Park in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, on April 16, 2023. (Photo by Sao Khuth/Xinhua)
Artists blow trumpets during a parade of the Sankranta festival, or traditional New Year, at the famed Angkor Archeological Park in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, on April 16, 2023. (Photo by Sao Khuth/Xinhua)
Buddhist monks splash holy water on revelers at the famed Angkor Archeological Park in Siem Reap province, Cambodia on April 16, 2023. (Photo by Sao Khuth/Xinhua)
Contestants race their buffalos at the famed Angkor Archeological Park in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, on April 16, 2023. (Photo by Sao Khuth/Xinhua) ■
