Khmer New Year, like the Chinese New Year, follows the lunar calendar, but it is connected with the new moon of the third month of the Chinese lunar year. It is always a three-day celebration that is a major event in the lives of the people. Many people flood out of the city to visit family in the provinces, and those who stay decorate their houses and join in the traditional activities. Here are some photographs of street scenes on new year's day in Phnom Penh.
Banners and flags outside the Health Sciences Building of the Royal University of Phnom Penh	The Phnom Penh train station and a Buddhist shrine, gaily decorated
A new year banner at the local police station	Cambodian flags on an apartment block
Special ceremonies for the new year at the pagoda	A school closed but decorated for the new year

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