The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The king's viewing platform, used for the annual Water Festival (or Bon Om Tuk) on the banks of the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh, forms a backdrop to the platform's three caretakers. One of Cambodia's most popular and lavish events, the Water Festival is held over three days from the last full moon day in October, or the beginning of November, and celebrates the fertile soil and rich fish supply left by the changing of the flow of the Tonle Sap River, which flows backward during the monsoon season due to the volume of water passing down the Mekong River, but then reverts to its normal course, emptying the Tonle Sap Lake of flood waters and leaving behind massive quantities of fish. The Water Festival often draws over a million Cambodians who watch and participate in boat races, water floats and fireworks, and often coincides with King Sihanouk's birthday celebrations on 31 October.
The king's viewing platform, used for the annual Water Festival (or Bon Om Tuk) on the banks of the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh, forms a backdrop to the platform's three caretakers. One of Cambodia'
Vendors unload produce from cross river ferries on the banks of the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh. The produce has been brought in from outlying districts surrounding the capital for sale in one of th
Vendors load hands of bananas onto cyclo or motor scooter drawn trailers while others pack a trailer with timber at the markets on the banks of the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh. The bananas will be s
Two men shoulder a huge basket full of bananas as they make their way up the steps from the banks of the Tonle Sap River to one of Phnom Penh's many markets. Around them, other produce which has been
A Khmer employee of the Preah Leap Agricultural College, located north of Phnom Penh, attends to the piping associated with water pump which is used to draw water from the Tonle Sap River for irrigati
Two soldiers, both members of the Indonesian contingent to the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) rest next to the Wat Phnom Buddhist temple and stone memorial erected near the
