Monks banned from festival
THE Battambang Provincial Hall will prohibit monks from events marking this year’s Water Festival, in an apparent move to safeguard their purity from being sullied by the jostle of crowded space.
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THE Battambang Provincial Hall will prohibit monks from events marking this year’s Water Festival, in an apparent move to safeguard their purity from being sullied by the jostle of crowded space.
The Battambang Provincial Hall will prohibit monks from events marking this year’s Water Festival, in an apparent move to safeguard their purity from being sullied by the jostle of crowded space. The Kampong Thom Provincial Administration has also held off celebrating the festival out of concerns about rising water levels.
The current use of the Khmer language in Cambodian society is a source of controversy because too many speakers have become disinterested in its proper daily use and that this inattentiveness to language can lead to anarchy and immorality in society, according to local linguists.
The Ministry of Information is to establish an “E-Book” to register more than 200 new terminologies related to media and news, all of which have been approved by the National Council for Khmer Language at the Royal Academy of Cambodia. The planning was discussed by officials from the ministry in an April 18 meeting at its headquarters in Phnom Penh.