Cambodia
The State of Cambodia shares the Indochinese peninsula with Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.
The predominant religion is Theravada Buddhism.
 Memorial Day, June 19. Holiday in honor of the founding in 1951 of the revolutionary forces of Cambodia.
Celebrated with parades in Phnom Penh.
Memorial Day, June 28. Holiday in honor of the founding in 1951 of the Revolutionary People's Party of Cambodia.
Celebrated with parades in Phnom Penh.
Khmer Republic Constitution Day, May 12. Commemorates the constitution of 1972.
Independence Day, April 17. The Lon Nol dictatorship fell on this day in 1975.
Also called
Victory over American Imperialism Day.
National Day, January 7. Commemorates the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979.
Day of Hatred, May 20.
Chaul Chhnam, occurs in April. Cambodian New Year celebration equivalent to Thailand's Songkran.
The celebration lasts for three days of water fights.
Visak Bauchea. Vesak Day.
See Buddhism.
Public holidays
National Day, Chaul Chhnam, Independence Day, Labor Day (May 1),
Day of Hatred (May 20), Feast of the Ancestors (Sep 22).
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