Webbed Feet, Web Log » festivals https://jinja.apsara.org Art, life, art of life in Cambodia. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:19:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Tap Runs Dry https://jinja.apsara.org/2005/11/tap-runs-dry/ https://jinja.apsara.org/2005/11/tap-runs-dry/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:44:00 +0000 Jinja http://jinja.apsara.org/index.php/2005/11/18/tap-runs-dry/ Water Festival is over, but not without a few more pictures!

Here’s one of the illuminated boats that cruises the riverside at night time.

 

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National Assembly

Royal Government

Ministry of Justice

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Gendarmerie

Department of Defense

Cambodia

Cambodia is an agricultural country, and people tend to sleep and rise early. Plus for decades staying out late was really not a wise choice. So it’s a real blast to see huge numbers of people visiting the waterfront, out until the wee hours. Lots of people but no fights, no scenes, just the world’s most well-behaved crowd milling around.

Some news coverage of the action:
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/TXT/current/stories/water.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/15/content_3784019.htm

Still plenty of photos, maybe I’ll ‘retroblog’ them on the prior dates of the festival just to keep them in some kind of order.

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