Cambodian New Year festival begins after two-year muted celebrations due to pandemic

Children spray water guns during Khmer New Year celebrations at Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 14, 2022. - Reuters

PHNOM PENH, April 15 (Xinhua): Cambodia has began to celebrate the three-day traditional New Year festival after muted celebrations in the last two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In his new year's greetings, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said the Songkran or traditional New Year celebrations have been resumed in cities and provinces after the Southeast Asian nation has achieved strong herd immunity against Covid-19.