Pchum Ben in Cambodia
Pchum Ben in Cambodia is held on October 1. It is a unique Cambodian Buddhist festival that is held for two straight weeks from the first till the fifteenth of the Khmer month of Potrbotr. This event in the first decade of the month October is annual. 
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Pchum Ben is a Cambodian 15-day religious festival, culminating in celebrations on the 15th day of the tenth month in the Khmer calendar, at the end of the Buddhist Lent, Vassa.
Pchum Ben is a traditional ceremony to remind people to bring the food to the monks. Moreover, the festival reminds people to remember their ancestors who have passed away. They always go to the pagoda on their ancestor's anniversary or someone's birthday.
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Paris Peace Agreement Day in Cambodia on October 23
Coronation Day in Cambodia on October 29
King Father's Birthday in Cambodia on October 31
Cambodia Independence Day on November 9 (celebrates the independence of Cambodia from France in 1953);
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