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Pchum Ben

Half of Phnom Penh seems to have left… All that remains at the taxi stations is crushed styrofoam food containers and paper…

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 7/10/2010: Yearly exodus at the Chroy Changva bridge for the Pchum Ben celebrations, when most inhabitants of Phnom Penh leave the capital to honour the spirits of their ancestors in their native village.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 7/10/2010: Yearly exodus at the Chroy Changva bridge for the Pchum Ben celebrations, when most inhabitants of Phnom Penh leave the capital to honour the spirits of their ancestors in their native village.

Meanwhile, princesses play with incense sticks at the pagoda…

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 7/10/2010: Pagoda during Pchum Ben celebrations, when Cambodians honour the spirits of their ancestors.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 7/10/2010: Pagoda during Pchum Ben celebrations, when Cambodians honour the spirits of their ancestors.

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