1st day of the Annual Water Festival

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Rowers head the to the start line before a boat race as part of water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Hundreds of wooden boats gathered for three days of annual water festival which started Sunday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)


Participants in traditional dragon boats stand by during the first day of the annual Water Festival boat race on the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh November 1, 2009. The three-day race will be held from November 1-3. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAAI Newsw Media)


A boat captain prays before the start of the annual Water Festival boat race on the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh November 1, 2009. The three-day race will be held from November 1-3. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAAI News Media)


Participants in traditional dragon boats row during the first day of the annual Water Festival boat race on the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh November 1, 2009. The three-day race will be held from November 1-3. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAAI News Media)


Rowers wait at the start line before their competition as part of of water festival celebration in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Hundreds of wooden boats gathered for three days of annual water festival which started Sunday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)

KATHINA at wat Odom Samakum Khmer New Zealand (CAAI's Temple)

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Photo by Huy KHY


The CAAI would like to thanks to all Cambodian people in Auckland New Zealand for the Kathina. The money will be put into the new project to build the Vihara. CAAI also would like to thanks to Huy KHY for the wonderful pictures.

Boat racing as part of water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia,

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Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, claps for cheering boat competitors rowing their boats past Royal Palace during a boat racing as part of water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Hundreds of wooden boats gathered for three days of an annual water festival. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)


Cambodia's King Sihamoni claps as the participants in traditional dragon boats row during the first day of the annual Water Festival boat race on the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh November 1, 2009. The three-day race will be held from November 1-3. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAAI News Media)


Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, from left, Prime Minister Hun Sen and wife of the prime minister, Bunrany, watch boat racing as part of water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Hundreds of wooden boats gathered for three days of an annual water festival. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)


Cambodia's King Sihamoni (R) greets Prime Minister Hun Sen (2nd L) as President of Senate Chea Sim (2nd R) looks on while they attend the first day of the annual Water Festival boat infront of the palace in Phnom Penh November 1, 2009. The three-day race will be held from November 1-3. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAAI News Media)


Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, left, greets wellwishers as Prince Sisowath Chivan Monirak, also the vice-president of the Cambodian senate, looks on upon a boat racing as part of a water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Hundreds of wooden boats gathered for three days of the annual water festival. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)


Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni (R) greets Prime Minister Hun Sen (2nd L) as president of the National Assembly Heng Samrin (C) smiles during the Water Festival in Phnom Penh on November 1, 2009. The Water Festival is one of the main festivals celebrated by Cambodian people from November 1 to 3 and attracts thousands of people from the country side to the Cambodian capital. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (CAAI News Media)



Rowers head to the start line before a boat race as part of water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Hundreds of wooden boats gathered for three days of an annual water festival. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)


Rowers head to the start line before a boat race as part of water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Hundreds of wooden boats gathered for three days of an annual water festival. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)


Participants in traditional dragon boats celebrate victory during the first day of the annual Water Festival boat race on the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh November 1, 2009. The three-day race will be held from November 1-3. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAAI News Media)


Participants in traditional dragon boats row during the first day of the annual Water Festival boat race on the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh November 1, 2009. The three-day race will be held from November 1-3. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAAI News Media)


Cambodian participants power their dragon boat on the Tonle Sap river during the first day of the Water Festival in Phnom Penh on November 1, 2009. The Water Festival is one of the main festivals celebrated by Cambodian people from November 1 to 3 and attracts thousands of people from the country side to the Cambodian capital. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (CAAI News Media)



Cambodian participants power their dragon boats along the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh on October 31, 2009. The Water Festival is one of the main festivals Cambodians celebrate from November 1-3, attracting hundreds of thousands from other provinces of the country. AFP PHOTO/TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images) (CAAI News Media)



Cambodian participants power their dragon boat on the Tonle Sap river during the first day of the Water Festival in Phnom Penh on November 1, 2009. The Water Festival is one of the main festivals celebrated by Cambodian people from November 1 to 3 and attracts thousands of people from the country side to the Cambodian capital. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (CAAI News Media)
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