PHNOM PENH, Sept 10 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia yesterday, decided to cancel the annual Water Festival, scheduled from Nov 7 to 9, in the capital Phnom Penh, according to a government’s press statement.
This was the third consecutive year that the kingdom called off the premier event in Phnom Penh. However, provincial authorities could organise boat races in their respective localities on that occasion, the statement added.
Water Festival is one of the largest festivals in the country, attracting hundreds of thousands of people to the capital, to enjoy a regatta, along a stretch of the Tonle Sap River, in front of the Royal Palace.
In a related development, Cambodia reported a daily record of seven new local COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the national case tally to 137,696, with 134,557 recoveries and 3,056 deaths, the health ministry said, adding that, no new deaths have been reported since Apr.– NNN-AKP
