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| New Yearâs Eve is widely celebrated in | | | | expatriates. Though many Cambodians celebrate |
| Phnom Penh by European expatriate communities | | | | their traditional New Year which is based on the |
| and Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants. Even | | | | harvesting pattern of the crops on April 13th and |
| though it is not an official government holiday with | | | | 14th each year, the International New Years Day |
| ever increasing immigrants and tourists arriving in | | | | is also recognized as an important event in the |
| Phnom Penh New Yearâs Eve has come | | | | country. |
| to be celebrated in a grand scale. | | | | A large number of religious and cultural practices |
| Expect many of the cityâs restaurants, | | | | have been built up around the traditional New |
| bars and hotels to be hosting special New | | | | Yearâs festival such as unique sporting |
| Yearâs Eve dinner dances and parties | | | | events, religious rites and special culinary delights. |