#Khmer New Year

[vasyandii]

HAPPY KHMER/LAO NEW YEAR!!

Jennie (Pink) belongs to @caelums-fate

Phayvanh (Green) belongs to me!

[shrimpymango]

Happy Khmer New Year everyone!

I got back home just in time to celebrate the first day with Mr. Plant! We hope you have a good new year!

He likes to hold the little charms i got from my trip :3

[ikkosu]

Gosh I want to join in the water gun fight 😔😔😔 it's so much fun oughh like half of the country is having a water fight rn for water festival

[chilimissy]

I spent 2 weeks in Cambodia and ate the best food.

We were there during the Khmer New Year and had an amazing time.

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[calicojack1718]

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[calikocretin]

its khmer new year for me atm [like from april 13 to april 16] and we got this whole thing going on where we spray water and throw powder at eachother soooo im going to war today cya!!

[vietnamfasttours]

You have an unintentional opportunity to visit Cambodia in Siem Reap for Khmer New Year, the national festival. Despite your good fortune, you have no idea what to do during your Cambodia holiday packages. We encourage you to go out and participate in the Siem Reap celebrations with the people. Read down to see the top popular things to do in Siem Reap during Khmer New Year.

[kodachrome-net]

On stage at Khmer New Year, Chicago, April 1993

[terresdebrume]

... I don't know if it's because my period is ending but man the mood swings today and yesterday were Not Fun

[naitosutan]

Doodled out some art for my bday cuz I can 😤

[hxlcyon]

a wandering photographer took photos of the cosplay i did for a popup event for a friend and i have never seen myself more yassified in photos

[nokonomi]

Khmer New Years is in 3 months. I am totally excited to go back to the temple and dance and celebrate. There’s this one SPECIFIC dance I like to dance to but I don’t know, I figured out it was Robam Tep Apsara (របាំទេពអប្សរា) it’s actually fucking crazy how I can memorize this dance a hella lot.

At the temple, I ate like…lots of fried bananas I was such a freaking biggie there. I could not stop eating the food. I-I just loved it there.

I wasn’t here in Tumblr for 2023-2024 Khmer New Years. I hope to celebrate tho this year. :)

[chilimissy]

More food photos from our 2 weeks in Cambodia during the Khmer New Year

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[bohemiandeer]

You know what hits me hard? When 5 to 6 year old children, all the way in Southeast Asia, knows about what's happening in Palestine right now. That children their age is getting bombed, that they're starving to death, that they're getting shot at, and sniped in the head. Because, just this past 2 or so months, I heard some of the little ones in the Kindergarten classes I'm TAing in as an Intern talk about it. Hell, one of the little boys downright said he didn't like Israel, because Israel is bad, because they do scary things. Another was questioning whether Palestine was bad too, because, "why else would they shooting at them?". A little girl in one of my classes doesn't want to finish her food at all, because she wants to save at least half her meat and rice for kids in Palestine, because she heard that, they don't have food. And that's just the ones I remember. Namely the inciting cases before their classmates slowly follow suit. The littles are fricking SCARED. We had to sit these kids down, and tell them that the topic is too mature for them at the moment, that they shouldn't even be concerned because they're KINDERGARTNERS, they're not even old enough to properly understand. The one teacher I was TAing for had to make a class announcement saying that. What gets me is, these are 5 to 6 year olds, the youngest I've worked with in this specific age group is 4. 5 years old on average, and they've already been exposed to the worst horrors genocide has to offer through the news and snippets of conversation among adults and hell, considering how many of them say they like to play games on Mama's phone, or their IPad, even from fricking social media. And the fact that, these literal babies, from all the way in Cambodia, has more empathy in their entire body and soul, than full grown fricking adults have in the nail of their pinky finger, gets me. FFS we as adults could LEARN from them I feel sometimes. I honestly don't know what to feel about it anymore. On the one hand, this is the next generation I'm working with. And if the next generation's default response to a tragedy such as Palestine, is what I've seen come up on occasion so far? Perhaps there's some bloody hope for this world after all. At least in this country. Especially since a majority of them already come from families who survived a genocide. These are the 3rd - 4th generation descendants of those who survived the Khmer Rouge. They've got grandparents at home, who no doubt are more than intimately familiar with what Palestine is going through right now. And it shows.

But on the other, it makes my heart sink because these are CHILDREN, these are LITTLE KIDS, they should be playing with their toys and watching cartoons and talking to their friends about everything from Spiderman to Speakerman to Kuromi and her friends, and be worried about whether or not they can go to playground that day, guranteed they're well behaved, or if Mama remembered to pack in their costume for swimming lessons that week. NOT JUST MY KIDS. But the little ones in Palestine too. They deserve better. They all deserve, so much better. Hell, it's come to the point that whenever I look at my kiddos right now, whether they'd be working in class, playing, doing something as mundane as eating lunch or getting ready for their nap. I think of the children their age in Palestine that didn't even get the chance to survive. I think of the ones whose memories from this age, is nothing but absolute horror and pain, rather than what has slowly become my normal, who never got to experience what my littles do on a daily basis right now.

Children shouldn't even be concerned about "War", about a Genocide. The last thing that should be on a 5 year old's mind, is pain, and suffering, and the worst horrors imaginable ever to be inflicted on a human being. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S INFLICTED, ON OTHER CHILDREN THEIR AGE. And for that alone, the world has failed them. Especially the kids in Palestine who didn't ask for any of this. They just wanted to carry on with life as kids do, the same way as my littles do on a daily basis no doubt, learning, playing, chatting with friends over their favourite cartoons and characters, worrying about whether they'd get to go to the playground or not that day.

I apologize for talking about this on this blog. I know my blog tends to be lighter in feel, a lot more unhinged and light hearted typically. I mean, I'm just a fricking nerd who likes to draw and write, and lurk about her favourite fandoms to consume and support what is shared among other nerds who also like to draw and write. But I couldn't stop thinking about it. About contemplating it, especially since I'll be back on a roll tomorrow, working with my kiddos again after not seeing them for 5 days straight because of Holidays. And, I just had to talk about it. This is something I felt I couldn't keep to myself this time, I don't think my soul'd be able to carry it. I had to talk about it.

FREE PALESTINE. Our children deserve better.

[opplevkambodsja]

Vann og moro første nyttårsdag

Vanntilgang var og er sentral i historie og kultur i Kambodsja. Store, næringsrike elver og innsjø ga vann til flere rishøstinger i året og store mengder næringsrik annen flora og fauna.

Og en storby og hovedstad i et imperium ble bygd takket være avansert vannkontrollteknologi. Angkor byområde var en såkalt hydraulisk by, helt avhengig av at elver, kanaler, bassenger og vollgraver fungerte prikkfritt.

Vann har også stor betydning i buddhismen, slik det har i de fleste religioner.

Vannlykke

Første nyttårsdag, Moha Sangkranta, innledes tradisjonelt med rituell vask av ansikt i vievann. Til lunsj en rituell vask av bryst. Og til kvelds, før leggetid, vask av føtter.

Dette er et lykkerituale for det nye året. Tanken er å vaske bort alt som gikk feil, var dumt, vondt og uheldig fra året som var. Og starte året på ny frisk.

Uformell vannfestival

Fra dette kommer det som anses som morsomst for gjester og iallefall de yngre garder i nyttårsfeiringen: Sprute vann og symbolsk strø hvit talkum på hverandre, og basalt sett alle i nærheten.

Vannpistoler og vanngeværer selges overalt, inkludert i pop-up gateboder. Ledsaget av spann, trau, og små og store oppbevaringsbokser for vann. Omlading gjøres fortløpende.

Samt beskyttelsesbriller. Ikke bare for å kunne se, men det er ikke alltid godt å vite hvor vannet kommer fra. Drikkbart er det uansett ikke. Og neppe vievann. Noen sikrer seg med å putte på vernemaske, ingen pandeminyhet i det.

Og fra lunsjtider første nyttårsdag er khmer-ungene ute i gatene, veiene og veitene og spruter vann på alt og alle som passerer. Utover ettermiddagen følges de av yngre khmer-voksne og ikke så reint få turister og enkelte gater er full av folk som spruter vann på hverandre og de som måtte finne på å passere.

Pickup og små lastebiler lastes opp med vanntanker og folk med vannslanger og vanngeværer. Og kjører rundt og spruter vann på hverandre og det som måtte bevege seg på og i nærheten av veien.

Om det nå er til fots, eller på hjul.

Og dette fortsetter utover kvelden, ledsaget av musikk, mat og drikke, sang og dans, og enda mer vann.

Det er generelt en blanding av gatefest og familie-/vennelag i boliger med åpning ut mot vei, og sjølsagt der det er parker og grønne områder er det samlinger av folk som er unge, eller føler seg unge til sinns. Og mer vann.

Alle skal bli våte

Det er mulig å komme seg forholdsvis tørr rundt omkring, iallefall om man framstår som litt reservert turist, eller kan peke på gode grunner. Som kamerautstyr.

Men det er ikke garantert. Første nyttårsdag går folk utendørs med klær som takler vann og talkum. Og det som ikke tåler vann eller pulver, tas med i vanntett veske, bag eller etui.

Eller slikt er innelåst på rommet. Det er også stedet å være om man ikke orker mer vannsprut. Mat og drikke bør være kjøpt inn på forhånd, og det er alltids mulighet for å bestille matlevering på døra.

Vannsprut og fest fortsetter ut i de små timer. Iallefall i byene.