Merry Christmas From Cambodia
>> Friday, December 25, 2009
So it's Christmas Day in Cambodia where the main religion is Theravada Buddhism.Buddhist religious practice co-exists easily with those of the Muslim Cham people and with the wide assortment of Christian Churches across the country that Buddhism clearly owns: there are more than 4500 temples here. (For such a poor country, this is an enormous story of recovery. All were abandoned during the Khmer Rouge years; many were destroyed or used as animal pens, the monks killed or scattered abroad.)
In the Cambodian uplands ethnic minority groups practice their ancient animism (aspects of religious belief and practice they share with most Cambodians, fear and reverence of forest spirits, for example). Christian missionaries are working assiduously in places like Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri to aid, teach and, of course, to convert. Read More!
