Mawlid ceremony is conducted to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad. In Cham word it is called “Maolot.” Within Muslim community in Cambodia this ceremony is carried on different days. The ceremony is usually done in the month called, in Cham words, Gati-ol Chim Klav. In Chan Kieb village, this year the ceremony was done on February 28, 2010. The ceremony has three main parts: the procession of food and offerings to the small, village mosque (locally called Surav), the group recitation of prayers and the cutting of baby’s hair. The ceremony was participated by men, women, children and adult. Chan Kieb village locates in Orussey commune, Kampong Tralach district, Kampong Chhnang province. It has 150 families. (text and photo by Kok-Thay Eng)
SEE PHOTOS: http://www.dccam.org/Projects/Public_Info/Photo/Mawlid_Ceremony_in_Chan_Kieb_Village/index.htm
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- Duong Dara
- Dara Duong was born in 1971 in Battambang province, Cambodia. His life changed forever at age four, when the Khmer Rouge took over the country in 1975. During the regime that controlled Cambodia from 1975-1979, Dara’s father, grandparents, uncle and aunt were executed, along with almost 3 million other Cambodians. Dara’s mother managed to keep him and his brothers and sisters together and survive the years of the Khmer Rouge regime. However, when the Vietnamese liberated Cambodia, she did not want to live under Communist rule. She fled with her family to a refugee camp on the Cambodian-Thai border, where they lived for more than ten years. Since arriving in the United States, Dara’s goal has been to educate people about the rich Cambodian culture that the Khmer Rouge tried to destroy and about the genocide, so that the world will not stand by and allow such atrocities to occur again. Toward that end, he has created the Cambodian Cultural Museum and Killing Fields Memorial, which began in his garage and is now in White Center, Washington. Dara’s story is one of survival against enormous odds, one of perseverance, one of courage and hope.
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