Veareak Laeung Sak: Third Day of Khmer New Year

Veareak Laeung Sak, the Khmer name for the third day of New Year celebrations, is dedicated to a cleansing ritual involving Buddha statues and the senior family members.

The ritual employs perfumed water and shares the same symbolism as the use of water throughout the New Year festivities: washing away the misdeeds and words of the past year to pave the way for a brighter new year. This act also represents kindness and care, believed to bring happiness, prosperity, longevity, and joy.

For those who may have taken a brief pause from the water fights and talcum powder sprinkling on the second day, the third day offers a chance to rejoin the fun with those who never stopped.

From the afternoon through to the evening, venturing outdoors on wheels becomes almost impossible without being drenched in water and dusted with what remains of the talcum powder.

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New Year Day 2 – honour the elder, temple and more water
The second day of the New Year, Veareak Vanabat, focuses on assisting the less fortunate and contributing gifts and donations.
Families honour their ancestors through temple prayers.

During the New Year period, in addition to specific family and temple rituals from early morning on, there is a continuous celebration with family gatherings, abundant food and drinking, music and dance. This partying goes on in private homes and in public areas for most of the week.

Activities often revolve around boats and water.

Along the rivers, people gathers for shopping, eating and take turns do some short bout trips, or punting, in classical designed boats. And some ordinary river boats.

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That time I asked for it

Happy Sangkranta Festival, the celebration of leaving the old year and welcoming the new one by washing away all that was bad and evil in the old year with copious amounts of water.

Preferably by a water gun.

Happy Sangkranta in Cambodia, happy Songkran in Thailand, happy Pi Mai (Songkan) in Laos.

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