The Khmer Krom Network

The Khmer Krom Network

Khmer-Krom Cultural Festival Marginalized by Vietnam Rice Festival

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 03:14 PM PST

Every year, the Indigenous Khmer-Krom Peoples in Mekong Delta organize the Ork Ombok Festival to worship the moon on the 15th of the 10th lunar month. It is the time that the Khmer-Krom starts harvesting their rice. During this time, the Khmer-Krom people also celebrate the Pronang Touk Ngo (Boat Racing) Festival, to commemorate their ancestor's navy troops that won the battles against their enemy to protect their homeland.

In recent years, the Vietnamese government has exploited the Boat Racing Festival to attract tourists. The Vietnamese government makes lots of profits from providing the tourist services and advertisement. The Khmer-Krom paddlers don't gain a penny from those profits, except the winning teams may get some awards.

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