Post B1prPVcXHpF9hSO3Em by edintone@mastodon.green
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 (DIR) Post #B1pWK8mqejqEOgoFHM by mpmilestogo@cupoftea.social
       2026-01-01T04:37:32Z
       
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       New Years is and is not recognized as a holiday in Cambodia. Businesses are open and everyone from small market owners I walk by to tuktuk drivers have told me happy new years #Today . Khmer people and all of us barang are very happy that the one gift they wanted really was the release of the 18 soldiers held in Thailand for 155 days. My wife told me this morning people are crying. Crying for happiness and joy.  We almost went down to Pub Street which is where all the cool people go for new years partying. My wife's niece told her way too busy. Stay home. So we did. I gather we were asleep by 10pm.Slowly but surely people are heading back home to their places by the border. Back to schools and work and rebuilding things. I hope 2026 is the time when ceasefires hold and we just stop. So many places where it needs to stop. Have a good new year.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1prPVcXHpF9hSO3Em by edintone@mastodon.green
       2026-01-01T08:33:47Z
       
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       @mpmilestogo The Khmer New Year is probably more significant in Cambodia, celebrated on the 13 or 14 April with a three day holiday and a lot of festivities. Actually closer to the new year in the Julian calendar that was used in the UK until 1752.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1ptWPtr9bU1tQuU1A by mpmilestogo@cupoftea.social
       2026-01-01T08:57:32Z
       
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       @edintone yep! We get to celebrate three New Years here. First is this one, then we get Lunar New Years coming up next, and finally Khmer New Years where everyone has a water gun. Siem Reap gets particularly busy during the last one.  I do enjoy Lunar New Years or Tet in Vietnam. Hanoi particularly was nice during those holidays.