Cambodia Aims for UNESCO Nod for Sankranta Festival
Cambodia seeks UNESCO status for Sankranta, highlighting the commitment to preserve Khmer New Year and other cultural traditions by 2026.
Tag: Buddhist New Year (Songkran / Thingyan / Choul Chnam Thmey)
The start of the Buddhist lunar calendar around mid-April, which is celebrated in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar among other countries.
Cambodia Eyes UNESCO List for New Year Fest
Cambodia aims to list Songkran as UNESCO heritage, following Thailand, to celebrate shared Buddhist New Year traditions and cultural unity.
Clarifying Moha Sangkranta’s Significance in Cambodian Culture
Cambodia's Ministry clarifies that UNESCO's recognition of Thailand’s Songkran doesn’t affect the significance of Cambodia’s Moha Sangkranta festival, a major ...
UNESCO Honors Thailand’s Songkran as Intangible Cultural Heritage
UNESCO has recognized Thailand's Songkran Festival, celebrated from April 13-15, as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. This recognition of the Thai ...
In Pictures: Cambodians and foreigners flock to Angkor Wat for Khmer New Year
via Khmer Times, 15 April 2023: The Khmer Times has a nice photo roundup of the Sankranta (new year) festivities ...
Angkor Wat’s causeway temporarily opened during Angkor Sankranta
via Khmer Tmes, 12 April 2023: Angkor Wat's causeway, which has been undergoing restoration for the last few years, was ...
Myanmar to open archeological sites to visitors during water festival
via China.org, 23 March 2023: Archaeological sites in Myanmar, including Bagan, Pinya, Inwa, Mrauk U, Pyu, and Bago will be ...
Myanmar’s Domestic Tourists Return but Foreigners Stay Away
via The Irrawaddy, 16 March 2023: Domestic travel in Myanmar is recovering with holidaymakers flocking to popular travel destinations like ...
1.45 mln tourists travel in Cambodia during 5-day holiday despite ongoing COVID-19 threat
via Xinhua, 22 August 2020: 1.45 million tourists here mean in all of Cambodia, not inside the Angkor park.Camb
The other side of Songkran
via Bangkok Post, 12 April 2020: Spotlight on the Mon people living in Thailand and their cultural practices.
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