A boat captain prays before the start of the annual Water Festival boat race on the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh November 1, 2009. The three-day race will be held from November 1-3. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Participants in traditional dragon boats row during the first day of the annual Water Festival boat race on the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh November 1, 2009. The three-day race will be held from November 1-3. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Rowers wait at the start line before their competition as part of of water festival celebration in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Hundreds of wooden boats gathered for three days of annual water festival which started Sunday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, left, greets wellwishers as Prince Sisowath Chivan Monirak, also the vice-president of the Cambodian senate, looks on upon a boat racing as part of a water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Hundreds of wooden boats gathered for three days of the annual water festival. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodia's King Sihamoni (R) greets Prime Minister Hun Sen (2nd L) as President of Senate Chea Sim (2nd R) looks on while they attend the first day of the annual Water Festival boat infront of the palace in Phnom Penh November 1, 2009. The three-day race will be held from November 1-3. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, from left, Prime Minister Hun Sen and wife of the prime minister, Bunrany, watch boat racing as part of water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Hundreds of wooden boats gathered for three days of an annual water festival. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodia's King Sihamoni claps as the participants in traditional dragon boats row during the first day of the annual Water Festival boat race on the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh November 1, 2009. The three-day race will be held from November 1-3. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, claps for cheering boat competitors rowing their boats past Royal Palace during a boat racing as part of water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Hundreds of wooden boats gathered for three days of an annual water festival. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)PHNOM PENH, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Sunday started the celebrations of the annual Water Festival, the biggest festival in the capital city, in front of the Royal Palace here, which regularly draws over 1 million people from all over the country.
King Norodom Sihamoni, accompanied by the government leaders, including Prime Minister Hun Sen and members of the foreign diplomatic corps, watched the boat racing on the first day of the festival celebrations which will last through Tuesday.
Nearly 400 boats with more than 25,000 boat racers are ready to take part in the annual water festival. Last year, 424 boats with 26,000 boat racers came from various parts of the country participated.
King Norodom Sihamoni, accompanied by the government leaders, including Prime Minister Hun Sen and members of the foreign diplomatic corps, watched the boat racing on the first day of the festival celebrations which will last through Tuesday.
Nearly 400 boats with more than 25,000 boat racers are ready to take part in the annual water festival. Last year, 424 boats with 26,000 boat racers came from various parts of the country participated.
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