Pchum Ben is the most remarkable national rite in Cambodia. It is also a religious festival because it is related to religious belief.
This rite is held when the moonlight becomes less until dark. it is the month of Pheak Trabot (September - October). This festival last 15 days, from 1 roach of fifteenth roach. Pchum Ben is a meaningful festival, because once the Buddha was afraid of senility and death, so he left the palace in older to find the way to reach Nirvana. He fasted for six months. His body became weaker and weaker, and after that he realized what he had done, it couldn't help him to reach enlightenment. Thus, he resumed to eat. At that time, he decided to receive food from Miss Socheata. She cooked very carefully.
This rite is held when the moonlight becomes less until dark. it is the month of Pheak Trabot (September - October). This festival last 15 days, from 1 roach of fifteenth roach. Pchum Ben is a meaningful festival, because once the Buddha was afraid of senility and death, so he left the palace in older to find the way to reach Nirvana. He fasted for six months. His body became weaker and weaker, and after that he realized what he had done, it couldn't help him to reach enlightenment. Thus, he resumed to eat. At that time, he decided to receive food from Miss Socheata. She cooked very carefully.
We celebrate Pchum Ben in order to dedicate to the soul of our ancestors, relatives, friends who had gone to another world or to make up national unity.
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