Cambodia halts festival after Covid spike

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 25, 2021 12:16 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has cancelled its 'Festival of the Dead' — an annual holiday where the Buddhist faithful pay respects to deceased relatives — after a coronavirus outbreak among monks in the capital.

Worshipers around the country visit pagodas during the two-week Pchum Ben festival to offer prayers and food to the spirits of their ancestors.

SCRAPPED FESTIVAL A woman offers food and alms to a Buddhist monk as she prays during the Pchum Ben festival (Festival of Death) outside a pagoda in Phnom Penh on Sept. 24, 2021 as authorities halted celebrations of the festival after a Covid-19 outbreak among monks in the capital. AFP PHOTO

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