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Meak Bochea: Celebrating Buddha’s Final Teaching in Siem Reap Cambodia

July 10, 2026February 14, 2025 by Laurent Dambies

☸️ WHAT IS MEAK BOCHEA DAY? Meak Bochea (មាឃបូជា in Khmer) is a significant Buddhist festival in Cambodia, celebrated on the full moon of the third lunar month (often falls during the month of February). This sacred Buddhist festival, known as Māgha Pūjā in several Southeast Asian nations including Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, … Read more

Dragon Monks of Cambodia

July 16, 2017July 15, 2017 by Laurent Dambies

While leading a photography tour with one of my guest in the Cambodian countryside, we unexpectedly stumbled upon a unusual Buddhist ceremony at a local pagoda: many families were there busy preparing offering and several young Cambodian boys with shaved heads were wearing colorful dresses and make-up. One of them was actually crying. We learned … Read more