Happy khmer new year 2025

Khmer New Year Festival, a traditional festival held for the purpose of the meeting, is a tradition of our Khmer people for a long time. Every year, on February 2, 2017 or July 1, 2018 or August 11, 2018 at 11:00 am, all Khmer people take a break from other work so that their families can prepare their homes and receive the New Year's gods.

The opening of the New Year's Day has become a tradition through a folk tale. There was a rich man who had a son named Dhammabal Koma, who was descended from King Indra, who had extraordinary knowledge and knew the language of birds. One day, Dhammabal Koma was required to solve three riddles of a four-faced sage named Kapila Mahaprabhu within 7 days. If Dhammabal Koma could solve them, Kapila Mahaprabhu would be willing to cut off his head in sacrifice to Dhammabal's wisdom. The eagle overheard the answer from the sage. As a result, Dhammabal Koma answered these three riddles correctly, so he cut off his own head and sacrificed it. After that, Kapila Mahaprabhu, the head of Kapila Mahaprabhu, visited Mount Sumeru every year of Sankrama, summoning his seven daughters to take turns in procession.

2. Opening Day of the New Year (1st day of the Khmer New Year)

The first day of the traditional Khmer New Year is called Maha Sangkran, and Maha Sangkran is always celebrated on a different day every year, according to the turn of the seven goddesses, the daughters of Kapila Maha Brahma.

1. If Sangkran falls on a Sunday, it is the turn of Princess Tunsasa Devi

2. If Sangkran falls on a Monday, it is the turn of Princess Koraksa Devi

3. If Sangkran falls on a Tuesday, it is the turn of Princess Rakshasa Devi

4. If Sangkran falls on a Wednesday, it is the turn of Princess Manda Devi

5. If Sangkran falls on a Thursday, it is the turn of Princess Kirini Devi

6. If Sangkran falls on a Friday, it is the turn of Princess Kimira Devi

7. If Sangkran falls on a Saturday, it is the turn of Princess Mahotra Devi

On this day, Cambodians often take offerings to the pagoda to offer to monks, dedicate to relatives, and pray for good health.

3. Varavanpat Day (2nd day of the Khmer New Year)

Vara Van Bat Day is the second day of the Khmer New Year. On this day, children give clothes, food, and money to the rich, the benefactors, parents, grandparents, etc. Sometimes they give alms to servants or the poor.

4. Vara Khuy Sak Day (3rd day of the Khmer New Year)

On the last day of the Khmer New Year, called the Day of the Rising Sun, Khmer people will invite monks to cross the sand mountain in the morning. In the evening, monks will bring water and Buddha images, and then they will play many fun folk games such as throwing a stick, throwing a bamboo stick, pulling a string, hiding a scarf, catching a kite, etc.

5. The meaning of the Khmer New Year

There are physical illnesses, and sometimes they have committed unseemly acts. Therefore, Khmer people always believe that during the year of their lives, they will always encounter misfortunes, various misfortunes, sometimes sorrows, sometimes disasters, sometimes disasters. When the old year has passed, they will all gather to celebrate, wear new clothes, and go out to have fun in order to get rid of worries and have good fortune, happiness, and prosperity in the new year. On the other hand, because most Khmer people are separated from their families and relatives, working far away, when the New Year comes, they will come back to meet and greet each other to relieve their memories and relieve fatigue from work, etc.