A PLAN FOR A KATHEN FESTIVAL

A PLAN FOR A KATHEN FESTIVAL

Kathen ceremony, which Cambodian people usually celebrate every year in every pagoda in Cambodia from October to November, is one of religious festival. Next year my family and relative are planning to have a Kathen in a pagoda in my father’s hometown, which is about fifteen kilometers to the south of the center of Takeo province. The Kathen is going to be held in my house in Phnom Penh, so we are going to invite a lot of friends and relatives to the Kathen there. A day before starting the Kathen. We are going to the market in the morning to buy robes candles, incenses, milk, tea, food and other presents for the monks. Then in the afternoon, we are going to serve food and other drink for the guest in-my house. In the evening, we are going to invite some monks to preach and teach us about the Buddha. In the next early morning, we are going to prepare the presents onto the trucks and buses and then go through the city to the pagoda. I hope we will have a good time in the pagoda and meet a lot of our relatives there.