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October
The rains are easing off and farmers prepare for the harvest season. A series of fest-
ivals fall around this time and the temples are packed as monks emerge from their re-
treat.
Bon Om Tuk
Cambodia's Water Festival, held mainly in Phnom Penh, celebrates Jayavarman VII's vic-
tory over the Chams in 1177 and the reversal of the Tonlé Sap river. After a stampede killed
347 people in 2010, it was cancelled from 2011 to 2013, but hopes are that it will resume.
Ork Phansaa
The end of the Buddhist Lent (three lunar months after Khao Phansaa) is marked by the
gà·tĭn
ceremony, in which new robes are given to monks by merit-makers. The peculiar
natural phenomenon known as the '
naga
fireballs' (
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)
coincides with Ork
Phansaa.
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