06/10/2026
Ancestor's Day Festival in Cambodia for 15 days. (Hungry Ghosts Festival).
Ancestor's Day (Pchum Ben) in Cambodia is a festival from 27th September to 12th October 2026; it's a religious traditional festival in Cambodia.
Pchum Ben is a unique traditional festival of Cambodia. We have to get up early in the morning in order to go to the monastery to chant the Dhamma, and then we walk around the temple three times and put sticky rice balls on the ground for our deceased relatives; they might become the hungry ghosts to eat.
After we make offerings of foods, drinks, and some money to our parents and then to the monks at the temple, we give alms and pray for our deceased relative to receive merit.
In order to dedicate all the good deeds we have done to all our deceased relatives.
What is special is the time for families who live near and far to visit each other to celebrate together at home and in the monastery.
May we live happily, may all people be happy, may all our merits be passed on to all our relatives, and may all our meritious deeds produce good results.