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fiogf49gjkf0d EVENTS 2002
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JAN : JAN/FEB - 'TET'- VIETNAMESE AND CHINESE NEW YEAR
CELEBRATIONS
APR : NO DATE - CHAUL CHHNAM- CAMBODIAN NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS
MAY : 07-10 - METALTECH- INT'L EXHIBITION ON METALWORKING AND
MACHINE TOOLS, EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY, PHNOM PENH
20 - NATIONAL DAY OR CONSTITUTION DAY CELEBRATIONS
NO DATE - VISAK BOCHEAR, ANNIVERSARY OF THE BUDDHA'S BIRTH
NO DATE - BONN CHROAT PREAH NONGKOAL, CEREMONIAL BEGINNING
OF THE SOWING SEASON.
JUN : NO DATE - HER MAJESTY PREAH MOHESEY AKKAEK ORODOM MONINEATH
SIHANOUK BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
OCT : NO DATE - BONN PHCHOUM BEN (THIS FESTIVAL OF SOULS
CONCENTRATES ON BLESSING THE SOULS OF ANCESTORS,
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY)
NO DATE - BONN KATHEN (RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL WHEN PEOPLE MARCH
IN PROCESSION TO THE TEMPLE WHERE THE MONKS CHANGE
FROM THEIR OLD TO NEW ROBES)
31 - KING SIHANOUK'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
NOV : 09 - INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS, EVENTS INCLUDE
MILITARY PARADES & VARIETY OF PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS
NO DATE - BON OM TUK WATER FESTIVAL (WHENEVER THE TONLE SAP
RIVER REVERSES ITS FLOW), PHNOM PENH
NOV/DEC - ANGKOR FESTIVAL (THIS FESTIVAL IS A SHOWCASE
OF PERFORMING ARTS WITH ANGKOR WAT AS A BACKDROP)
DEC : NO DATE - INTERNATIONAL HALF MARATHON COMPETITION
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EVENTS 2001
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MAR:15-14MAR02- PHNOM PENH HASH HOUSE HARRIERS FUN RUN
APR : 06-08 - MEKONG TOURISM FORUM, PHNOM PENH
13-14 - CHAUL CHHNAM - SAND STUPA FESTIVAL
(IN THIS FESTIVAL CHILDREN BUILD SAND TEMPLES
KNOWN AS STUPAS ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER, OR IN
THEIR GARDENS AND TEMPLES)
MAY : 24 - FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
JUN : 01-30DEC- FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS CLUB, PHNOM PENH
SEP : 01-13 - PCHUM BEN (THIS FESTIVAL OF SOULS CONCENTRATES ON
BLESSING THE SOULS OF ANCESTORS, RELATIVES AND
FRIENDS WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY)
05-07 - 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE
AND DEVELOPMENT, PHNOM PENH
OCT : 29 - BONN KATHEN TEAN, NATIONWIDE
(CAMBODIANS GO ON THE MARCH WITH FLAGS, MUSICIANS
AND GONGS TO WATS (TEMPLES) ALL OVER THE COUNTRY)
31 - KING SIHANOUK'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
OCT/NOV - WATER FESTIVAL, PHNOM PENH (BOAT RACING)
NOV : 05-08 - EXPO COMM ANDINO 2001, BOGOTA
09-15 - CAMBODIA FESTIVAL WEEK IN CONJUNCTION
WITH CAMBODIA NATIONAL DAY
12-13 - BON OM TUK, PHNOM PENH (FESTIVAL OF THE
REVERSING CURRENT)
15-18 - MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF THAILAND ANNUAL
CONFERENCE, PHNOM PENH
15-18 - MYANMAR MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL
CONFERENCE, PHNOM PENH
NOV/DEC - ANGKOR FESTIVAL (THIS FESTIVAL IS A SHOWCASE
OF PERFORMING ARTS WITH ANGKOR WAT AS A BACKDROP)
DEC : NO DATE - INTERNATIONAL HALF MARATHON
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