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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.
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  • 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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