Getting Out the Vote
Above: one of many local candidate slates taped up as Cambodia gets ready to vote for commune elections. (April 1st, 2nd and 3rd. This one's from Funcinpec.)
Loudspeaker trucks wind their way through the streets as the pace of campaigning picks up. Even some Wats are getting into the act, according to this Radio Free Asia broadcast. (55:30 minutes in.)
http://streamer1.rfa.org/archive/KHM/KHM-2007-0321-1830.mp3
And that's not the only Wat wackiness going on - in Ratanakiri, a one-time proposition to allow gambling inside the grounds of a temple was quickly quashed. (Same podcast/broadcast, 37:00).
Tags:cambodia,buddhism
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