Published:  13:38 Friday - November 30, 2012

Ok-Om-Bok ceremony, one of the Khmer people’s three biggest festivals, lured thousands of people from some provinces gathered in Tra Vinh City’s Ao Ba Om area. The ceremony was held on the evening of November.

Khmer ethnic minority Ok-Om-Bok ceremony  attracted thousands of people from several locations gathered in Tra Vinh City’s Ao Ba Om area on the evening of November 28.

Ok-Om-Bok Ceremony

Despite the Khmer traditional ceremony only, attendants from other ethnic groups paid attention to the celebrations.

The ceremony started at 8pm but people arrived at the festival site from early afternoon. The Ok-Om-Bok ceremony or Le Cung Trang worships the moon. It is often held on the 15th day of lunar October annually. This is one the Khmer people’s three biggest festivals.

People hold the ceremony to pay tribute to the moon for their harvests and good forthcoming crops.

If tourists in Vietnam travel come to this area on the occasion of ceremony will have chance to take part in this interesting event. You will understand about one of the annually biggest festivals of the Khmer people.

Followings are some wonderful photos taken from the ceremony:

Sparkling Ao Ba Om

The moon adds to the beauty of Ao Ba Om

Khmer dancing

A girl portrays the moon

People are paying the tribute to the moon

Feeding the little boy with the hope of a new abundant crop

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