Published:  00:00 Friday - February 08, 2008

The Khmer people celebrate eight festivals in a year and all festivals are held in their temples. For them, a temple represents their religion and the nation and it is important to preserve their cultural tradition.

Khmer temples with bright and colourful pagodas appear intermittently in luxurious coconut groves and orchards in the Mekong Delta. The Khmer’s house may be simple but their temple must be splendid and solemn. Superior bonze Ly Hung, who resided at Pitu Khosarangsay temple in Can Tho city as a dignitary said, “The Khmer temple holds Buddhist rituals and keeps Khmer traditional customs and practices. It can be large or small depending on the financial capacity of the village. A spacious and beautiful temple shows that Khmer villagers there are living a prosperous life”.