Khmer ethnic group celebrates festival amid COVID-19

In an effort to join hands with the people in the country to prevent and combat COVID-19 epidemic, Khmer people in the Mekong Delta, particularly in Soc Trang province are celebrating their new year festival - Chol Chnam Thmay - in a spirit of anti-epidemic, while still preserving their traditional culture and ensuring safety for the community.

Chief monk of Day Ta Sous pagoda in Phu My commune, My Tu district, Soc Trang province is active in popularizing Covid-19 preventive measures (Photo: VNA)

Ethnic Khmer people in Soc Trang are celebrating their traditional new year festival in a spirit of pandemic prevention while still preserving their traditional culture and ensuring safety for the community (Photo: VNA)

Ethnic Khmer people in Soc Trang are celebrating their traditional new year festival in a spirit of pandemic prevention while still preserving their traditional culture and ensuring safety for the community (Photo: VNA)

Khmer Buddhist followers in Soc Trang keep a certain distance during the rice-offering ceremony to the monks on the occasion of Chol Chnam Thmay festival (Photo: VNA)

Rice-offering ceremony to the monks is one of the main rituals of Chol Chnam Thmay festival (Photo:VNA)

Rice-offering ceremony to the monks is one of the main rituals of Chol Chnam Thmay festival (Photo:VNA)

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