VietNamNet Bridge - The traditional New Year of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar, Chol-chnam-Thmay was celebrated in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam on April 15.














Khmer people in An Giang, Tra Vinh, Soc Trang and Bac Lieu provinces flocked to
 the road on the day to splash water to each other to welcome the New Year.





Kids went to rivers to throw water to each other.






This woman took offerings to a temple.





Giving offerings to Buddhist monks.






This year farmers in the Mekong Delta have a good crop so they offered rice to the Buddha.






Building sandy mounts and worshipping to redeem sins.





Bathing Buddha statues.






Hundreds of people participated in the Buddha bathing ceremony.








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