The Sene Dolta season, held annually from the 15th to the 30th day of the seventh lunar month, sees Khmer families visiting pagodas to offer meals and food to the monks. (Photo: VNA)
The Sene Dolta season, held annually from the 15th to the 30th day of the seventh lunar month, sees Khmer families visiting pagodas to offer meals and food to the monks. (Photo: VNA)
During the festival, Khmer people often gather at pagodas in the evenings to listen to monks’ chants and make offerings for blessings. (Photo: VNA)
During the festival, Khmer people often gather at pagodas in the evenings to listen to monks’ chants and make offerings for blessings. (Photo: VNA)
Sene Dolta is one of the most significant annual festivals for the Khmer community, honouring ancestors and showing filial respect of descendants to their departed loved ones. (Photo: VNA)
Sene Dolta is one of the most significant annual festivals for the Khmer community, honouring ancestors and showing filial respect of descendants to their departed loved ones. (Photo: VNA)
Khmer families in Ca Mau clean and arrange ancestral altars with fruit and offerings to pay tribute to their forebears. (Photo: VNA)
Khmer families in Ca Mau clean and arrange ancestral altars with fruit and offerings to pay tribute to their forebears. (Photo: VNA)
Khmer families gather at home to prepare special dishes as heartfelt offerings to ancestors during Sene Dolta, reflecting family bonds and gratitude. (Photo: VNA)
Khmer families gather at home to prepare special dishes as heartfelt offerings to ancestors during Sene Dolta, reflecting family bonds and gratitude. (Photo: VNA)
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Khmer community in Ca Mau joyfully celebrates Sene Dolta festival

These days, in many Khmer ethnic communities across southern Ca Mau province, the festive atmosphere of the Sene Dolta celebration is in full swing. For generations, the Sene Dolta festival has been one of the most important traditional events of the Khmer people. Despite the changes of modern life, it continues to be preserved and passed down as a spiritual reminder of filial piety towards parents and gratitude to ancestors.