The enthusiastic rowers celebrate a victory at Bon Om Touk.

Cambodia’s Joyful Bon Om Touk Festival

The Bon Om Touk, Water and Moon Festival is one of Cambodia’s Biggest Event of the Year By Dagmar Busshoff Fluttering flags embroider the waterfront during Bon Om Touk. Laughing workmen carry hundreds of strings of white mini-lights to drape every imaginable surface along the quay. The atmosphere is as…

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Absolutely Calm in the Kopan Monastery

Kopan Monastery courses and Monastic Interludes By Gwenyth James Updated 4/20 The dull clang of a bell penetrated my consciousness. Morning! In the darkness, I crawled out of bed and pulled on my clothes. Wrapping a shawl close around me, I open the door. A blast of icy air hit…

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