Most of the time the Khmer New Year - as well as in Thailand, Laos and Burma - start today. But due to precise calculation for this one the new year celebration start tomorrow April the 14. This is not coincide with the Solar or Lunar calendar. But it is celebrated with the end of a season and the beginning of the new one, that is of the rice harvest in the dry season and start of the rainy season and back to work.
April is the warmest season of the year, a time to rest and good for celebration, and since it is warm people do not mind playing with water, splashing at each other. The celebration is for 3 days only, but people just enjoy during the whole month of April... We went to the Buddhist temple, we offer flowers to the Angels of the New Year asking for protection and good luck.
So here in America, it is the beginning of the Spring, with a new beginning, so we celebrate our New Year, this year is the yar of the Rabbit, an animal well known in our legend as witty and clever... a judge among the animal. But still they can't beat the slow turtle or the water snail. It is another story...
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