In Pictures: “Lok Ta Pring Ka-ek” to Chase Away Evil Spirits and Invoke Rain
- Editorial team
- May 21
- 1 min read
Each year in Cambodia, the Lok Ta Pring Ka-ek festival takes place in the village of Boeung, near Phnom Penh. It is a traditional celebration intended to exorcise evil spirits and call for rain.
With body and face paint or wearing traditional costumes, villagers parade through the streets and also organize horse races.
Pring Ka-ek was originally a religious ceremony. A villager explains that it began with the intention of driving evil spirits out of the village, which would be frightened by the intentionally terrifying costumes and makeup...
The parade remains a popular highlight of the day, but it now competes with the horse race, which has become the main attraction.
However, horse races are not entirely out of place at this traditional event. The village and the ceremony are said to have been named after a cavalry commander who died centuries ago, and whose spirit villagers believe still remains in the village.
Photographs by El Vattanac - AKP
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Alankar ki paribhasha को समझने से साहित्यिक रचनाओं की विशेषताओं को पहचानना आसान हो जाता है। अलंकार भाषा में सौंदर्य और प्रभाव उत्पन्न करते हैं, जिससे अभिव्यक्ति अधिक प्रभावशाली बनती है।
यदि आप जानना चाहते हैं कि Samas kise kahate hain, तो समास दो या अधिक शब्दों के मेल से बनने वाली प्रक्रिया है, जो भाषा को सरल और अर्थपूर्ण बनाती है। उदाहरणों के साथ इसका अध्ययन करना अधिक लाभदायक होता है।