VISITING A KATHEN

VISITING A KATHEN

Kathen is the name of a religious ceremony which Cambodia people always celebrate every year in every pagoda for one night and a half day from October to November.

Last year my family and relative went to a Kathen in a pagoda my home town which is about fifteen kilometers to the south of the center of Takeo province. The Kathen was celebrated on Sunday, so it was a good time for us to go there because it was our holiday. We rented a bus which could take all of us there. In the early morning at 5:00 on that Sunday, we gathered at my house, and got on the bus. We were putting on beautiful, traditional clothes. It took almost three hours to get to the pagoda because we all live in the city. Reaching the pagoda at 8:00 in the morning was really wonderful to visit the Kathen it was beautiful day, the sky was blue and the sun was shining brightly. There were so many people, walking around in the pagoda. It was really a good experience to visit a Kathen last year with our relatives.