Bringing Food To The Village for Pchum Ben 2022 បុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ

Bringing Food To The Village Pchum Ben 2022 បុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ
Today I brought food out to Kathleen's Village to help them celebrate Pchum Ben.
Pchum Ben បុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ (Ancestor's Day) is a Cambodian 15-day religious festival, culminating in celebrations on the 15th day of the tenth month in the Khmer calendar, at the end of the Buddhist Lent, Vassa
The day is a time when many Cambodians pay their respects to deceased relatives of up to 7 generations. Buddhist monks chant the suttas in Pali language overnight in prelude to the gates of hell opening, an event that is presumed to occur once a year, and is linked to the cosmology of King Yama. During this period, the gates of hell are opened and spirits of the ancestors are presumed to be especially active. In order to liberate them, food-offerings are made to benefit them, some of them having the opportunity to end their period of purgation, whereas others are imagined to leave hell temporarily, to then return to endure more suffering; without much explanation, relatives who are not in hell are also generally expected to benefit from the ceremonies.
In temples adhering to canonical protocol, the offering of food itself is made from the laypeople to the (living) Buddhist monks, thus generating merit that indirectly benefits the dead. However, in many temples, this is either accompanied by or superseded by food offerings that are imagined to directly transfer from the living to the dead.
Pchum Ben (បុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្) is considered unique to Cambodia.
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0:00 Intro
0:14 Attempting to speak Khmer to the camera
0:30 Plan for the day
1:03 Leaving second store
1:37 Looking for rice
2:38 Thanking Buddha
2:48 On the road
3:28 Reminds me of home
3:38 Khmer People (moment of thought)
5:00 On the road again
5:29 Rigging second GoPro
5:52 GPS
6:03 Stopping for fruit
6:35 Village road
7:18 The welcome
7:40 The gifts
8:30 The baby!
8:45 Photos
9:04 The goodbye
9:19 Final thought
10:30 Outro

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