Cultural Events Calendar

Royal Ploughing Ceremony This is celebrated to alert the nation of the start of the rainy season and to prepare farmers for the ploughing period. A field at the Royal Palace, Phnom Penh is a good spot to watch or join in on the festivities. Ploughing activities are held and cows are given a variety of crops to eat. Based on the choices of crops eaten by the cows, predictions are made for the coming year’s harvest. Palace guards at the Royal Ploughing Ceremony foretell the year’s best crops.