Cambodians living all over Korea flocked to celebrate their national new year at Hwarang Street in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, on a beautiful Sunday morning. The Cambodian New Year celebration, known as Choul Chnam Khmer, is one of the most important and joyful festivals in Cambodia. It typically takes place over three days in mid-April, marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of a new year in the Khmer lunar calendar. The festival attracted over 5,000 people, as the wide street offered enough space for Cambodians’ traditional games, cultural dances, music performances and colorful ceremonies. The celebration was more than just a festival, but a time of renewal and reconnection with family, friends and community, as well as with nature. San Nivath, one of the main organizers of the celebration, who is studying for his master’s degree in global leadership at a local university, found it satisfying to coordinate the entire festival. He said that the New Year celebration is for all Cambodians regardless of where they live, or whether they are Buddhist, Christian or Muslim. He
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