Taking precautions: People offering food and alms to a Buddhist monk during the Pchum Ben festival outside a pagoda in Phnom Penh, as authorities halted celebrations after a Covid-19 outbreak among monks in the capital. — AFP
The country 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.
Worshippers around the country visit pagodas during the two-week Pchum Ben festival to offer prayers and food to the spirits of their ancestors.
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