Annual Meak Bochea Day to be Celebrated in Late February

This year, the annual Meak Bochea Day will be celebrated on Feb. 24 on the top hill of Preah Reach Troap (Oudong) in Ponhea Leu district, Kandal province, where a stupa of Buddha's relics is located. Senior leaders of the Senate, National Assembly and Royal Government, civil servants, teachers and students, and Buddhist followers will attend the annual celebration. Cambodia, as well as other Buddhism-practicing countries, holds the event annually. It is an occasion where the Buddhist followers are reminded of Buddha and his teachings. Meak Bochea commemorates a great meeting of Buddha and 1,250 disciples and it is the day where Buddha announced his passing away, which would happen three months later. He correctly predicted his death and it is now remembered as Visak Bochea Day (which also happens to be his birthday and enlightenment day). Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse