Cambodia Khmer New Year

14–15-16 April is the 3 days holiday, biggest traditional public holiday and also families/mates gathering in hose whole at aboriginal home

Every main cities like Phnom Penh will be remain quiet for at least 3 days

day 1 of holiday, road traffics condition starting from Phnom Penh to other provinces will be getting jams

Transportation service fees will go higher than normal

Khmer New year is worldwide word use by truly Cambodians around world, Cambodia New Year is more used by westerner or English speakers

So, Khmer New Year Or well known ad Cambodia New Year is same

Who is going to celebrate the New Year!

Every Cambodians goes to celebrate at house whole and Buddhist Temples. Also the new year is one of the traditional holiday and religion days, Buddhist Religion days

where/when doe Khmer peoples go to celebrate the NEW YEAR ?

Starting From 14–15-16 of April, Actual day of NEW YEAR Celebrations

Almost every single of Cambodians will leave their working sites then traveling straight to aboriginal village to pay respect to parents and grand parents after meeting old friends in their village. Some of them are leaving country to go to abroad for the 3 days vacation

New Year celebration will taking at every single of Buddhist temples and play traditional games, the traditional games can be playing after every Buddhism offered food to Buddhist monks

But before attending the Buddhist temples, people is always offer money and foods to older parents and then bring foods flowers, candles and things to pray for Buddha through the Buddhist Monks

Related Publish Transportation Services

Price of social public transportation service go higher than normal day, between half price higher and sometime  full price gone higher

The Cambodia new year is very affected to the country’s publish transportations, it’s the day for every single Cambodian need a break to travel back to homeland to gathering their families and party starting up from almost sunrise till sun went down it original site

A huge amount of taxi,  bus and tuk tuk drivers will take off work, and only a few drivers are still continuing the work in city